Unclear/Foggy Water ??? At Random??

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buddha1200;4576960; said:
On my 125 oscar tank i do 50% twice a week,and have never had a bb crash,that tank is filtered with a marineland c-360 canister,aquaclear 110 and a 20 gallon sump(800 gph),the reason i do 50 % twice a week is they are poop factories and my nitrates get to 40ppm from 10ppm in 4 days but the ammonia and nitrate stay at 0ppm so i dont agree that that will case the cloudy water or maybe i am just lucky.
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With all those filters + Sump, you wouldn't have to worry too much about a BB crash. Most of the BB would be well settled in the filter media, even if you are doing what is technically 100% WC's a week.
 
it does sound like it keeps trying to re establish itself , as the above posters said I would cut down on my water changes the percentage I do is ussually 25-30 % 2 times per week and once a month I will do a 50 % .... The wife likes to over feed the fish .... the simplist answer I can give is you can buy stuff to jump start your BB , I would get some and then add recomended dose ... and that should help with your milky water
 
I add api stress zyme and stress coat when i do water changes. I havnt cleaned my eheim yet, its only been running for just over a month. I do clean my marineland filters when they get dirty.
 
Jonny Steele;4576991; said:
I add api stress zyme and stress coat when i do water changes. I havnt cleaned my eheim yet, its only been running for just over a month. I do clean my marineland filters when they get dirty.
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That's good, stress zyme & stress coat will help the re-establishing process go along. Don't worry too much about cleaning your eheim, it's pretty much new the BB will need time to settle on the media.
 
Well i gave my shrimp to my friend today. Feel kinda bad, its in a smaller tank with a puffer that is trying to eat it.

But i cleaned my sand today, and did a water change since i had a dead fish (shrimps last victim) and water is all clear now. Hope it stays that way.
 
Jonny Steele;4577851; said:
Well i gave my shrimp to my friend today. Feel kinda bad, its in a smaller tank with a puffer that is trying to eat it.

But i cleaned my sand today, and did a water change since i had a dead fish (shrimps last victim) and water is all clear now. Hope it stays that way.
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Good to hear it cleared up, yes hopefully it does stay that way :) lol, I hope your friends puffer doesn't eat your shrimp either..
 
But i cleaned my sand today, and did a water change since i had a dead fish (shrimps last victim) and water is all clear now. Hope it stays that way.
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What kind of shrimp is killing your fish? Shrimp usually eat fish after they die of other causes.
 
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