Oxquo Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 I guess someone should post here. I have this weird bloom happening in some tanks. In the spring and fall I use double dechlorinator to help kill the extra chemicals, for anyones interest you can check how much nastier at http://www.epcor.ca/pages/water/waterquali...ly/wqdaily.html As you can see our wateris loaded with great stuff. Weird thing is that I know several people with the same problem. The cloudiness only haunts certain tanks not all, 1 is an african tank hard alkaline and 2 are soft and acidic tanks. The soft tanks are 50% tap and 50% RO and the african tank is 100% tap. These three are the only ones affected out of 24 tanks, I have even changed water from another tank into these tanks with no results. Any answers? The tank water all comes from the tap via the same Python water changer, only difference is that my soft tanks come through the water softener and the hard tanks don't. Anyone else having this mess? In one of the tanks are mixed africans, they seem fine, another holds rinolocaria and C.Sterbai juvies, all good and the last tank has my beloved Gymnogeophagus Rhabdotus which are guarding a clutch of eggs, they all seem fine although the fishes colors would come out nicer in clearer water. I have switched filters from clear tanks and no change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 I haven't had any problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandopsis Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 I haven't had any probs either, but mabey they are using something that is killing off some of your bio bacteria. What are you using for filters on these tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Nothing in that report seems 'nasty' to me. What do you use as a dechlorinator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I am using Prime, the strangeness is that it seems to be only on our south side of the city and not all the tanks. I use Aquaclears on two of the tanks and a powerhead filter combo on another. My tanks filter 10X per hour minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Hmmmm, very strange indeed. Any chance that the city is flushing the sewers at your end of town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Could be, maybe it has something to do with all those UFO sightings, hope they don't steal my good fish. Cichlids in space, the new sitcom for true fish geeks hmmm maybe something to it. I thought I noticed crop circles in my hornwort.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 My 90 is cloudy too.....filter media always seems to smell like static....if you know or think you know what static smells like...the fish seem fine though, just kind of pisses me off because I only have 4 display tanks and this is one of them in the main room.....don't know what to do. Actually, this is also my longest running tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahim101 Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 The cloudiness could be a bacteria bloom. I would water changes every 2 day, about 50% for about a week. The usually clears it up. I happens in my tank in Calgary once in a while and these water changes clears it up in about a week. Try it out. Later, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_luver Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 wow ive never had that problem unless starting a brand new tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 It's certainly worth a shot, I may have to remove my sterbai fry before but it is worth a try nothing else seems to work. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahim101 Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Did my methode help clear the cloudiness?? Let me know, Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted June 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Actually I skipped on the water changes and it finally cleared up. The cause may have still been bacteria but it is gone now. As the cloudiness disappeared though it left a mass of brown slime algae. I guess one should be just happy to be able to see algae rather than nothing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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