Cloudy water after water change
 

Racf wrote:
My tank water is not alkaline, but the tap water is.

How is this possible/being done?

Normal metabolic processes in the tank reduce the pH of the water. I think
the alkalinit of the tap water is at least in part produced by CO2, so it's
easily removed by the plants.
The water pH usually hovers around 6.8-7.0, while the tap water is around
9.

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

Cloudy water after water change
 

"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
...
Racf wrote:
My tank water is not alkaline, but the tap water is.

How is this possible/being done?

Normal metabolic processes in the tank reduce the pH of the water. I
think
the alkalinit of the tap water is at least in part produced by CO2, so
it's
easily removed by the plants.
The water pH usually hovers around 6.8-7.0, while the tap water is
around
9.

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv


Makes sense. Sounds like your water is fairly soft although high in pH.
The water in nearby Minneapolis is like that. I think they add the
buffer to raise the pH so it does not eat up their old water mains. The
added KH is quickly consumed.

Cloudy water after water change
 

All water conditioners, including Prime, that neutralize chloramines also
take
care of the clorine and the ammonia released

Last week I read a post on another group. ie a guy changed water
had major death like 95% of things in tank, he threw out the old
bottle of conditioner and used a new bottle then things worked
as advertized. Might be a consideration.



JR,

Cloudy water after water change
 

"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in
:

I've been meaning to post here about the cloudiness that sets on my
large tank after I make water changes and fertilize the plants. The
small tank doesn't get it, just the big one. Yesterday I changed about
30% of the water and fertilized with Fluorish, Fluorish Iron, Fluorish
Excel, plus I added some Freshwater Trace. Like clockwork, the water
started turning cloudy about an hour after the water change. This
morning it's cloudy, but it should start clearing this afternoon. I
also cleaned the filter (Eheim), rinsing all the media in it.
One interesting aside is that everytime I make a water change, some of
the usually shy clown loaches come out and hang out all over the tank.

Anybody else get cloudiness after water changes?

Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv



Here is a possibility... My tank used to get cloudy the day after a water
change link clockwork. Turns out I was using WAY too much chlorene
removerand it must have come out of solution (?) after a while? Whatever, I
started using MUCH less chlorene remover and the problem went away.

Charlie in Houston