Kiwi forgotten in tank cloudy water

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Miguel

Miguel

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Dec 28, 2006
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Stupidly I overlooked part of a kiwi fruit for one day in the FRT's tank...water clouded over. Have done 2 major water changes but it does not solve the problem.

fish and FRT look fine.

Water params are okay.

Am very irritated with this "cloudiness" and kiwi particles ( unpicckable ) goind around the tank.

any ideas to help me solve this?
 
If you can actually see the particles floating around, do a few partial water changes.
 
I've dome some already. but it is not only the particles floating around..the water turned cloudy I guess due to some sort of bacterial bloom induced by the high level of organic matter in the water....
 
ya i just did a cpl small water changes. took a cpl b4 most was gone, whats the filtration on tank and how big
 
the tank is filtered by a Eheim 2280 cannister. also has a 24/7 UV 55 w lamp.
 
I'm not sure how UV would help. Put some filter floss in there and do a few more WCs. That should clear it up. Is the kiwi still in there? Or has it all disentegrated? Obviously if it is still there, the tank will continue to get cloudy.
 
If it caused an algae bloom, that UV lamp will take care of it well enough. If it's suspended organic matter, then water changes and lots of frequently changed filter floss will take care of it.
 
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