does the water look cloudy everywhere not just in certain parts??? have you done alot of cleaning or replacing the filters lately?
Cloudy water problem
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It is cloudy everywhere. And I just started super cleaning the filters. I have been cleaning one a week. So far I cleaned out the canister and one hob. I spaced these a week apart thinking it would have time to establish itself again. Should I have waited longer?
Thats how mine went bad.. Cleaned the FX5 and sump, all the same day. Not a good Idea. I noticed that leaving the tank lights off helped, but it still was cloudy for about 10 days. The UV light and time were the only thing that worked. It's alot better now. I ordered a Submersible UV light for the sump tank, to replace my pond light I temp. hooked up.
So it has been about 24 hrs now since I added the carbon and no change. What are these uv sterilizers? Here is some pics of the tank.
I am having the same problem with my 225g. Its been running about 4 months. I have a eshops over flow with a sump and about 11gallons of Bio Balls returning about 1375gph.. i tried water clear up stuff but that didn't work at all. I only have 1 oscar, 1 jack dempsy, a small sleeper goby and a alge eater. white cloudy.
you probablly cleaned the filters too much, ive done the same thing. but, a UV sterilizer would work great
What kind of mechanical filtration media are you using? The cloudiness looks like fine particulates to me. Try some micro-polishing pads after the courser standard pads and it should clear up pretty quick.
If it's not particulates, then it's probably a bacterial bloom. If that's the case, then it came from cleaning your filters a bit too close together and it's just the reduced amount of bacteria reproducing in what is pretty much an overabundance of food for them. It can take time to have it level itself out, but not a big worry in the meantime. I would just make sure you have enough aeration as the extra bacteria will be consuming oxygen at higher-than-normal levels until the extras die off. As it clears, make sure to watch your water parameters. You want to make sure you don't get a large ammonia or nitrite spike from the dead bacteria entering the nitrogen cycle.
If it's not particulates, then it's probably a bacterial bloom. If that's the case, then it came from cleaning your filters a bit too close together and it's just the reduced amount of bacteria reproducing in what is pretty much an overabundance of food for them. It can take time to have it level itself out, but not a big worry in the meantime. I would just make sure you have enough aeration as the extra bacteria will be consuming oxygen at higher-than-normal levels until the extras die off. As it clears, make sure to watch your water parameters. You want to make sure you don't get a large ammonia or nitrite spike from the dead bacteria entering the nitrogen cycle.
