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ok, so I tested the water today, it is still 0 amonia 0 nitrite 80 nitrate. I did turn on two of the 3 powerheads. is there any other ideas out there? Even during cycling It wasnt as cloudy as it is now. water changes help clear it up some, but in two to three days it looks bad again...

I have well water, I washed the sponges in the water and just put them in. I also have charcoal, prefilter, and fluval biomax in the filter chambers(i didnot change anything else). we started with more of the cories, serpae, and neons, but they have died. how many clown loaches, and khulis...

I have standard gravel in the tank. I have used stress coat, and salt (as a medicine). I did have a few live plants in the beginning, I removed them about 2 weeks ago, they were looking ragged. I thought they might be contributing to the cloudiness. I have 3 powerheads in the tank, connected...

the tank has been set up for 10 months as mentioned, it has had a cloudy appearance most of that time, (only about one month of clearness) most of this time i have changed about 25% of the water weekly. i feed enough that it is eaten within two minutes, usually less, twice a day. what do you...

I have a 100gl tank, am runnig UGF and two fluval 304 canister filters. My water paramaters are 0 amonia, 0 nitrite, high 80 nitrate, I do weekly water changes, generaly. The water in the tank is VERY cloudy, I cannot seem to get it to clear up. The LFS told me to "leave it alone" for one...

Hi, My name is Karen, we have a 100 gal tank that we have been carying around for 19 years. and we just set it up again. Its been in storage for about 7 years. at one time (while living in hawaii) we were very successful with tropical and marine fish. I even had a 240 gl tank that served as...

where can i read about cycling the tank? We had several tanks set up and had nothing but success with them. I even had breeding Discus. But that was several years ago and in a different region of the world. perhaps that is why things see new again. its been too long since we had the setups...

I have a 100 gal tank, set it up Dec 25th. it is currently stocked with 3 angel fish, 12 neon tetras, 2 red tail sharks, 1 rainbow shark, 2 pictus cats, 1 black shark,all these fish are quite young. I also have 3 dwarf guaromies, 1 paradice guaromie, a gold guaromie, and a blue guaromie. And...