How to get rid of cloudy water??

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Question: Isn't the good bacteria growing in the substrate, and filter media and not free floating?

 

[zennzzo]

Question: Isn't the good bacteria growing in the substrate, and filter media and not free floating?

I do belive so...or else W/C's wouldn't be a good thing...

 

[Miguel]

It is in the filter media and in the substrate...but the one in the substrate needs an undergravel filter for it to be beneficial..

 

[steemoney86]

all my water test says safe and water is really soft and 8.4 and something else said alkaline for result

its still pretty cloudy..

 

[steemoney86]

ammonia = safe

nitrate = 0/safe
nitrate = 0/safe
hardness = 0/very soft
total alkalinity = 300/high
ph = 8.4/alkaline

 

[Miles]

You don't have enough BIO-MEDIA.

Add some ceramic Bio-Max beads to the Whisper Filter, as they are very insufficient in harboring nitrifying bacteria.

Don't do W/C's, and don't overfeed.

I have found the chemical 'Stability' by Seachem to be VERY effecient at rapidly stabilizing a bio-filter and curing cloudiness.

 

[steemoney86]

my water test showed;

ammonia = none
nitrate = 0/safe
nitrate = 0/safe
hardness = o/very soft
alkalinity = 300/high
ph = 8.4/alkaline

what the hell is alkalinity and ph/alkaline??

 

[Bderick67]

my water test showed;

ammonia = none
nitrate = 0/safe
nitrate = 0/safe
hardness = o/very soft
alkalinity = 300/high
ph = 8.4/alkaline

what the hell is alkalinity and ph/alkaline??

Yes this is a safe level, but having zero nitrates is a very rare condition. unless you are running a heavily planted tank or just did a massive water change. You may want to get a different test kit. A normal reading would be 20-40ppm for nitrates.

 

[steemoney86]

alright, another question that doesnt do with all this is what would make my fish scratch on the gravel with these water conditions?