Charlie C.
July 20th 03, 09:36 PM
"Victor M. Martinez" > wrote in
:
> I've been meaning to post here about the cloudiness that sets on my
> large tank after I make water changes and fertilize the plants. The
> small tank doesn't get it, just the big one. Yesterday I changed about
> 30% of the water and fertilized with Fluorish, Fluorish Iron, Fluorish
> Excel, plus I added some Freshwater Trace. Like clockwork, the water
> started turning cloudy about an hour after the water change. This
> morning it's cloudy, but it should start clearing this afternoon. I
> also cleaned the filter (Eheim), rinsing all the media in it.
> One interesting aside is that everytime I make a water change, some of
> the usually shy clown loaches come out and hang out all over the tank.
>
> Anybody else get cloudiness after water changes?
>
> Victor M. Martinez
>
> http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
>
>
Here is a possibility... My tank used to get cloudy the day after a water
change link clockwork. Turns out I was using WAY too much chlorene
removerand it must have come out of solution (?) after a while? Whatever, I
started using MUCH less chlorene remover and the problem went away.
Charlie in Houston
:
> I've been meaning to post here about the cloudiness that sets on my
> large tank after I make water changes and fertilize the plants. The
> small tank doesn't get it, just the big one. Yesterday I changed about
> 30% of the water and fertilized with Fluorish, Fluorish Iron, Fluorish
> Excel, plus I added some Freshwater Trace. Like clockwork, the water
> started turning cloudy about an hour after the water change. This
> morning it's cloudy, but it should start clearing this afternoon. I
> also cleaned the filter (Eheim), rinsing all the media in it.
> One interesting aside is that everytime I make a water change, some of
> the usually shy clown loaches come out and hang out all over the tank.
>
> Anybody else get cloudiness after water changes?
>
> Victor M. Martinez
>
> http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
>
>
Here is a possibility... My tank used to get cloudy the day after a water
change link clockwork. Turns out I was using WAY too much chlorene
removerand it must have come out of solution (?) after a while? Whatever, I
started using MUCH less chlorene remover and the problem went away.
Charlie in Houston