dirty_bishop
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Hi there,
I have a newly set up aquarium, perhaps about 2 months in now. Maybe 10 weeks.
PH 7.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nirtate maybe 5 or 10.
Very soft water - hard to even measure GH and KH with API fludi test.
CO2 running + a fluval UVC clarifier.
Fluval 407 filter.
The tank is light-moderate stocking.
I had what I believed to be a single cell algae outbreak about 2 weeks ago, perhaps it was always there as I was doing bi weekly water changes until a few weeks ago when I went back to once a week about 40-50%.
I minimized this massively with a 3.5day blackout.
I then installed the Clarifier about a week ago running 24/7.
The water is still white cloudy. Hard to tell if its actually green with the lights off as plants bounce green light.
It's starting to annoy me as it seems it will never clear up.
The only possible thing I can think of now is the sandy substrate which admittedly I didn't wash well enough. But this has been settled for weeks.
Any suggestions and discussion would be greatly appreciated
I have a newly set up aquarium, perhaps about 2 months in now. Maybe 10 weeks.
PH 7.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nirtate maybe 5 or 10.
Very soft water - hard to even measure GH and KH with API fludi test.
CO2 running + a fluval UVC clarifier.
Fluval 407 filter.
The tank is light-moderate stocking.
I had what I believed to be a single cell algae outbreak about 2 weeks ago, perhaps it was always there as I was doing bi weekly water changes until a few weeks ago when I went back to once a week about 40-50%.
I minimized this massively with a 3.5day blackout.
I then installed the Clarifier about a week ago running 24/7.
The water is still white cloudy. Hard to tell if its actually green with the lights off as plants bounce green light.
It's starting to annoy me as it seems it will never clear up.
The only possible thing I can think of now is the sandy substrate which admittedly I didn't wash well enough. But this has been settled for weeks.
Any suggestions and discussion would be greatly appreciated