Water cloudy for the 2nd time
- Thread starter merc123
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I was looking for a not so obvious answer...
aquatic_wonders;1189779; said:
About 3 feet away from the living room window but I don't typically have the blinds open. My 36g is actually right next to the window. I thought it was an algae bloom but I've covered the tank completely and added an algae destroyer chemical. I only fed them once every 3 days and kept all the lights off as well.
Those white pads that come with the XPs arnt enough mechanical filtration expecially for a 125(assuming this is the pad you were referring). Try going to walmart or whatever and buying some polyfill...and loading down that top media box with it in each of your XPs. I run my Xps with the foam on the bottom, biomedia in the middle and polyfill on top and the water is chrystal clear even in a bit of an overstocked tank. If that doesnt help perhaps invest in a magnum with a micron cartrdige. It just sounds to me like some free floating particles that are to small to be picked up by your current filtration. Bacteria blooms dont last for 5 weeks straight...and I doubt its an algae bloom since youve done all your take covering and such. IMO its just not enough mechanical filtration.
Dovii dude;1192217; said:
I doubt it. I have 28 fish total. 1 is 5" with, 3 are rope fish and over 6" with the longest being about 10-11". The rest are 2.5" or less.
It's 125g tank. Had no issues and have had all of these fish for about 5 months before it started getting cloudy.
MCHRKiller;1192230; said:
That's a lot of free floating particles to survive a 25% or more water change every week for the past 1.5 months. I just added some polyfil I found at PetCo for $4. I had the following in both XP3's (top to bottom).
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White pad
White Pad
White Pad
White Pad
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Bio media
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30ppi foam
30ppi foam
20ppi foam
20ppi foam
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