so everytime i change the water in my 55gallon tank within the first 2 hours it gets all cloudy n i dont know why... anybody have a solution?
Water Problem
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50%...2ich texas, 3 inch sal, 3 inch jag, and 2 2 ich tin foils....cheap tetra 60 gallon and a cascade 100 ( 20 Gallon)... and vacuum out the water into a large bucket
I have the same problem and it also takes about two hours to clear up. I premix 75G of tap water with Prime and aerate the water for a few hours before pumping it into the tanks. I think it has something to do with Eastern PA water in my case.
vfc;2943935; said:
if it only takes 2 hours to clear up then i would wager that it is more likely to be debris from the gravel vaccing rather than a bacterial bloom. my tank goes a little cloudy with particulates after a gravel vac but the filters fix it in about 20mins to an hour depending how long ive left between vacs.
usually bacterial blooms take 24hrs+ to begin to clear IME.
It is not debris from a gravel vac. I have a 30" deep tank and I get the cloudiness whether I do a gravel vac or not. And it is not stirred up sentiment because the water flow is defused at the surface when I pump in the water.
We have some nasty stuff in the main river where our public water is drawn. Along the 110 mile length of the river there are 82 waste treatment plants. We have runoff from coal mines, farms, lawns (fertilizer, weed & insect killer), road salt in the winter, and a bunch of factories pumping waste into the river.
PH is alkaline during the cold months and acidic during the warm months when they pump acidic coal mine water to increase the water flow for the nuclear power station.
Mineral content also varies. The coal mine water is loaded with heavy metals.
I just read an article today that says they found trace amounts of drugs in fish caught in five major cities (Philly being one of the five). Here is an excerpt:
"Fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities had residues of pharmaceuticals in them, including medicines used to treat high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder and depression, researchers reported Wednesday."
So I'm pretty confident that the cloudiness has something to do with my water.
We have some nasty stuff in the main river where our public water is drawn. Along the 110 mile length of the river there are 82 waste treatment plants. We have runoff from coal mines, farms, lawns (fertilizer, weed & insect killer), road salt in the winter, and a bunch of factories pumping waste into the river.
PH is alkaline during the cold months and acidic during the warm months when they pump acidic coal mine water to increase the water flow for the nuclear power station.
Mineral content also varies. The coal mine water is loaded with heavy metals.
I just read an article today that says they found trace amounts of drugs in fish caught in five major cities (Philly being one of the five). Here is an excerpt:
"Fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities had residues of pharmaceuticals in them, including medicines used to treat high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder and depression, researchers reported Wednesday."
So I'm pretty confident that the cloudiness has something to do with my water.