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I have a 48 gallon oceanic tank with a silicon base substrate. I use RO/DI water. The nitrite is 0....nitrate is 0....ammonia is undetectable. I have a real nice Eheim canister filter, capable for a 150 gallon tank. BUT THE TANK IS STILL 'SLIGHTLY' MILKY AFTER 2 WEEKS !! WHY ? I have added...

Thanks for the advice. I still have my Protein Skimmer BUT did not know I could ALSO use it for freshwater! Thanks for the advice. I'll hook it up this afternoon. I'll also try a little Aquaclear. wxman

That site you referred me to bud says NOTHING about a tank that has cloudy water! As I said, I have NO fish in the tank...which I also stated. The ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates are fine. I was in salt water fish for a long time and AM familiar with this. Thanks for the info, but that...

NO, I have not.

Gadazobe. NO...I have NOT added ANY fish yet. You're right, maybe I just need to be patient. Being in salt water fish for quite a while, you BETTER have patience. I thought I would let the tank sit for a couple (few) weeks BEFORE I started adding fish. I'm going to try to add a few plants...

I have a new 48 gallon Oceanic tank set up (for a week now) and the water is still a little cloudy! I used RO/DI water and have a large Eheim canister filter set up. It's working fine, but the water is still cloudy. I rinsed 2 bags for silicon gravel (recommended by Pet Shop) 10 times each...