I replaced it with a new one, but I've been dealing with this issue long before I replaced the media unless the bloom is being caused by something else, but like I said, there's no dead animals and no dead plants in my tank
I had to take out the filter and rinse it in water cause whatever stuff is in the tank clogged it and drastically slowed the flow of my filter. I then switched the filter media inside of the filter itself. I did all that yesterday
I was putting the leaves in their to create the dark water effect for my betta, the cloudiness did happen not long after a put a new leave in and things had only gotten worse so it honestly could be from the leaves themselves. I'll try the purigen first and see how it goes
It's not green and they did come from tissue-culture. I did get all the gel stuff off the roots but the stuff on the leaves is also an almost milky color. I tried looking it up and from what I'm understanding it's a biofilm the plants produce. It seems that if it's undisturbed it's okay but it's...
I have cleaned the substrate and I do weekly water changes while also cleaning the substrate, I was thinking of getting filter floss so I will definitely try that and come back in a week. I have noticed some of the plants have this kinda slime coat on them and the glass also has it before I...
Recently I've been having a huge issue with the clarity of my tank's water. I have a semi-planted tank with 5 different plants in it. I did a normal water change about a week ago and suddenly the tank is extremely cloudy. It was completely clear before. I've used a water clarifier and it hasn't...