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LeighMo wrote ... It might be best to just let the tank alone. Let the biological filter re-establish itself, and the problem may go away on its own. Or temporarily add several bunches of hornwort or duckweed or cheap stem plants like pond penny and two teaspoons per gallon of A.C.T. by Markel. My 2 cents U.S., kush "You can't have everything - where would you put it?" |
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No dead fish that I'm aware of. Kind of hard as the tank is heavily
planted and if any died or where half eaten it would be hard to find but I doubt this as everyone is accounted for except the ones that are always hiding and only visible at night. The only snails in the tank are the small pond snails and I don't think a few of them dying would cause a major swing. Did do some trimming but I wouldn't say anything severe and most of the clippings where replanted. We did have a power outage for a couple hrs. Same fertilizer and food. Thought about leaving it alone and had for about 2 weeks without a good change but instead it got thicker. So we spent last night cleaning the tank and sucked up enough detrius around my 6x10 liliopelis clump to fill a small bucket. The lili had basically died and then regrew on top of the dead part so this may had caused an increase in the nutrients in the water throwing the balance off. Hopefully this is the cause. Believe so after reveiwing a number of plant books and other resources. We'll see how it goes. tose (LeighMo) wrote in message ... Kind of odd for it to start cycling again as it was already cycled before the bloom. Did anything happen that might have affected the biological filter? Dead fish or snails, medication added to the tank, food you don't usually use, plants pruned severely, power outage, new fertilizer, etc.? Unfortunatley, funds are tight, so a UV sterilizer or a diatom filter are out of the question. It might be best to just let the tank alone. Let the biological filter re-establish itself, and the problem may go away on its own. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Well, after going through everything on the aquarium, found the cloudy
water to be a bacterial bloom. After reviewing everything I've done to the aquarium over the past couple of weeks and thoroughly discussing this my significant other, she brought to my attention of the floss I placed in the filter a couple days before Christmas. Anyway, it looks as if I put so much floss in the filter that it reduced the flow rate significantly enough to kill off half the bacteria in the filter, thus, as you guessed, a bacteria bloom. Anyway, I've pulled out majority of the new floss and will have to wait for the recycling process to finish before the water becomes clear again. What's come up now is that I would like to put in a type of biological media that would help greatly. Right now, all I have are sponges and a bit of floss in the canister filter. I'm considering ceramic rings, bio-stars, or bio-glass. Anyway, I am unable to find much information on the bio-glass. Here is a link to the product I'm thinking of adding. Any comments or suggestions. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=6&pCatId=4173 thanks "J. Toonen" wrote in message ... Hi, as one of the other posting sais, I think it's bacteria'bloom'; cloudiness in this case should look a bit 'silvery'. It should disappear/decrease within about 24-48hrs. Best thing to do is to let it rest, but keep an eye on O2/CO2! If this is not the case, better check your whole chemical scenario and post it again. Jos. "Bugbear" schreef in bericht m... Need some feedback on possible causes and solutions to my 75g tank. The tank is already established. Before this the tank had really clear water. Filter is clean as well or as clean as I guess a canister filter can get. |
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