Cloudy Glass...

[packard60053]

We had a bacterial bloom, it's all sorted. I don't have a test kit for ammonia but I have put some in, and there's no foam on the top of the water (a sign of ammonia I heard). Anyway, the water isn't the problem. I've got the water crystal clear with daily 20% water changes. Levels are fine, as are the fish. The problem is, it seems the glass is making the water look cloudy! I don't live in a hard water area, so I doubt it's that, as there's no clear sign it is the glass. But like I say the water is fine, I've taken many glassfulls to check.

Any ideas would be greatly welcome.

 

[windhopper]

We had a bacterial bloom, it's all sorted. I don't have a test kit for ammonia but I have put some in, and there's no foam on the top of the water (a sign of ammonia I heard). Anyway, the water isn't the problem. I've got the water crystal clear with daily 20% water changes. Levels are fine, as are the fish. The problem is, it seems the glass is making the water look cloudy! I don't live in a hard water area, so I doubt it's that, as there's no clear sign it is the glass. But like I say the water is fine, I've taken many glassfulls to check.

Any ideas would be greatly welcome.

Hey i get it in my tank when i add a filtration booster, its a build up of the biofilm on the glass/acryllic of the tank. I would get an algae scaper which is what i use (or one of those green scouring pads) that hasnt had anything on it, and just clean the inside of the edges that you look through, i leave the sides and back and just do the front but it is all personal preferance really
Jorel

 

[packard60053]

We had a bacterial bloom, it's all sorted. I don't have a test kit for ammonia but I have put some in, and there's no foam on the top of the water (a sign of ammonia I heard). Anyway, the water isn't the problem. I've got the water crystal clear with daily 20% water changes. Levels are fine, as are the fish. The problem is, it seems the glass is making the water look cloudy! I don't live in a hard water area, so I doubt it's that, as there's no clear sign it is the glass. But like I say the water is fine, I've taken many glassfulls to check.

Any ideas would be greatly welcome.

Hey i get it in my tank when i add a filtration booster, its a build up of the biofilm on the glass/acryllic of the tank. I would get an algae scaper which is what i use (or one of those green scouring pads) that hasnt had anything on it, and just clean the inside of the edges that you look through, i leave the sides and back and just do the front but it is all personal preferance really
Jorel

Well I know it's the glass cause I tried the algae scraper and it just left marks. I heard a credit card is good (obviously one not being used!)

 

[Keithoms]

Did you say you poured ammonia in while the fish were there?

 

[packard60053]

Did you say you poured ammonia in while the fish were there?

No! Ammonia TREATMENT haha

 

[packard60053]

So any ideas people?

 

[packard60053]

Bump

 

[Fisses]

Algae magnet, works an absolute trickm and no getting your hands in the tank neither

 

[packard60053]

It looks like it's just the back pain of glass which is odd. Anyway, I've tried using the algae magnet, even tried wiping it down with kitchen roll, no luck?