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What's with my water clarity?

Started by Tim, September 12, 2004, 06:27:48 PM

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BigDaddy

Quote from: "whosit"Should I stop vacumming my gravel for a while?
I have been adding a couple fish at a time since may.

In between what time spans?  When you add fish, it is usually a good idea to let about a month pass before you add more fish.  This allows the biological filter to grow to handle the increased load from your fish.

zapisto

Quote from: "artw"white will eventually turn green if you leave your lights on(ime):(

not agree
when the water satr by beeing brownish , yes you can say that, but white i dont think so.

well here what i do :

in a 90g gallon tank well planted , i start getting the water trouble (like someone add some milk , not a lot in the water).
i decid to try GreenX but i think of it (dont like adding stuff).

so i buy some polyester foam , as fine as i can (wall mart or any othe shop have that) and and put a very nice shunk on a aquaclear 200.
add on more tube to the entry of my AC200 to be able to reach the bottom of the tank

and i put the filter on the tank.

2 days after i notive the water getting more clear

few advantages :
- mecanical filtration
- and moving more the water
- you can check the color of the foam (originally white)
- add a bit of biological filtration

of course if you have CO2 , stop it , it will be waste of CO2

ok why i take a AC200 and not a AC300
because i want move the water but not my tank becomming a torrent, i already have 2 filter (ehiem) and 1 power head.
and second , i dont want when i remove the AC i remove a nice peace of filtration.

try it , no matter what he can hurt
ok take time because the 200 is small but ....never know