So after buying my 75 gallon, I literally helped my friend pump water out of it and move his fish out. We rinsed out his tank completely, down to bare glass inside and out. Then I put new substrate rocks in, a few new pieces of decor, but used the same Marineland Emperor 400 filter (which already had beneficial bacteria growing in the bio-media cartridges) and transferred ALL 30 gallons from old tank to new tank. Then filled remaing 45 gallons with fresh tap water from a well. Added stress coat, and after putting fish in my tank was literally gorgeous and flawless for about 2-3 months. Then recently when adding algae wafers for my plec, I saw cloudiness and boom an algae bloom. I was told this was because my plec didn't finish the algae wafers (I only put two in within a week). So I then did a 50% change, then another one a week later. On the second big change I made, I made a mistake and accidentally caused all my beneficial bacteria to be knocked off my filter cartridges and floated freely into my tank. I cleaned it out with a net, changed MORE water and then my tank continued on its algae rampage, even worse then original bloom. Recently I've finally gotten it semi-pretty clear with numerous smaller water changes daily, and adding a water clarifier called "acurel" 1 drop per gallon of water. Tank got super clear, now starting back to be slightly hazy. I keep my light off now, and that's where I'm at. Sorry for such a long response, but I wanted to keep everybody up to speed on what exactly I've been doing with my tank. What's my next move if I continue to see cloudiness or algae? The fish store owner I buy fish from says to just keep doing small changes and let my bacteria grow back on my filters. And no, no future upgrades planned. Let me know please, thanks! -Mike
