Dirty water change water

[Racersk]

The last few times I have done a water change I have had uber cloudy water and a complete crash of my sump filter. I attribute this to crap water from my source.

I want to add a filter system and possibly a drip setup to my 300G (total calculated) setup. I an looking at an RODI setup with a 24gpd drip. I have been told that rodi setups need minerals added to maintain normal water. I need guidance.

300G of water volume. I need filtered fresh water for a giant gourami- ie- large waste. What do you use that works and what tips can you suggest to clear my water!

 

[tlindsey]

The last few times I have done a water change I have had uber cloudy water and a complete crash of my sump filter. I attribute this to crap water from my source.

I want to add a filter system and possibly a drip setup to my 300G (total calculated) setup. I an looking at an RODI setup with a 24gpd drip. I have been told that rodi setups need minerals added to maintain normal water. I need guidance.

300G of water volume. I need filtered fresh water for a giant gourami- ie- large waste. What do you use that works and what tips can you suggest to clear my water!

wednesday13
jjohnwm

 

[Gourami Swami]

What do you think is wrong with your source water? What are the parameters you have tested?

And what happens to your parameters when you get the cloudy water/crash after the water change?

RO/DI Is great and adding minerals is pretty easy, there are powdered additives that can give you what you need. I usually use seachem equiibrium with neutral regulator. For a 300 gallon where you will be doing frequent water changes, it will take a lot of RO/DI water, and I would note that Ro/DI uses a ton of waste water to produce the clean water, if your water bill is a concern.
If you do want to use RO, you could either set it up as a drip system, or have it create water in a reservoir that you then use for your water changes. Remineralizing etc is easier if you do it the second way.
What I would do is connect the filtration system to your water source and have it running into a large garbage can with wheels on the same floor as your tank. Dose equilibrium/neutral reg/ your remineralization product of choice as directed for the volume of the garbage can. Then you can wheel the can to and from your tank and use this water for your WCs, and know that it is properly remineralized.
If you want to do the drip system, you would add the minerals directly to the tank at a regular interval. You would need monitor the water's gH to make sure you are using the correct amount.

 

[skjl47]

I need filtered fresh water for a giant gourami- ie- large waste.

I have had uber cloudy water and a complete crash of my sump filter.

Hello; With regard to large waste a solution I used years ago with a large pleco was to add snails to the tank. The poo went from large & long strings of pleco poo to very fine snail poo. At the same time there was less poo to be cleaned overall as much of the pleco poo went into growing snails. The pleco was being fed with high content of veggies, so the poo still had a lot of undigested food content. My thinking being any such poo is better to pass thru the gut of a snail rather than decay in the water. Some will depend on the sort of food fed to the gourami and how messy of an eater the fish is.

Too many unknows in your initial post to get a grip on the cloudy water comment and not clear what the crash of the sump actually means. I tend to writ lengthy responses but would be guessing at this point. Example- is the cloudy water from stirring up the detritus in the tank or is the cloudy water a bacterial bloom which lasts a few days. Stirring up the detritus (poo and junk) should settle in a few hours. A bacterial bloom can cause hazy water often happening when a tank is set up the first time.

Also need to know more about the crashed sump. Since you did not post numbers for ammonia, nitrites or nitrates I have assumed you mean a bacterial bloom. The bit about the source water being the cause of the cloudy water is interesting. Most of us use tap water. A few lucky have good well water. Do you mean the water out of the tap is cloudy?

I also do not understand the nature of the crash of the sump. Can you give more detail?

My first WAG is you feed too much, do not change water often enough or both. Guesses to be sure and not conclusions.