thanks, the exact help i was looking for, yes i noticed the filter was quite
dirty even after putting a new one in.

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it is algae, single celled stuff and it still indicates that your filter
is not
handling the load after you change the water. the biofilter is being
seriously
compromised.
there is biobugs on all components of the filter, clean those in untreated
water and
they are partially to totally killed.
the glass in the tanks has a film of biobugs, scrape that down and lose
biobugs.
gravel, same thing.
Usually, cloudy, algae water is a consequence of too many fish, too much
or very
cheap food, too much wastes and not enough water, not enough filtration.
Ingrid

"AKPilot" wrote:

all water out, but its not white murky, i seen this done before, where in
about 2-3 days the water will turn whitish in color, then return back to
clear a few days after that

no, this is almost like algey color, u cant even see the back of the fish
tank, the only fish you see is if they touch the front of the glass



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