Hi all kept fish for years but had a break and recently got back in to the hobby,
hereās my issue
Never really used sand before until this new set up cycled tank with took ages for water to clear I assume due to the sand substrate tanks been running for a while now tests all ok .........added some bottom feeders today x 3 bronze corys and a yo yo loach ...........since they have been sifting through the sand water quality has goon terrible ...........last water change was Wednesday just gone sand was vacuumed filter sponges cleaned and new fine media pad installed again took ages for water to clear once disturbing the sand ? Is this normal when first added bottom feeders ? Is this always an issue with sand substrate? Or is it because itās relative new sand ? Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks in advance Lee
hereās my issue
Never really used sand before until this new set up cycled tank with took ages for water to clear I assume due to the sand substrate tanks been running for a while now tests all ok .........added some bottom feeders today x 3 bronze corys and a yo yo loach ...........since they have been sifting through the sand water quality has goon terrible ...........last water change was Wednesday just gone sand was vacuumed filter sponges cleaned and new fine media pad installed again took ages for water to clear once disturbing the sand ? Is this normal when first added bottom feeders ? Is this always an issue with sand substrate? Or is it because itās relative new sand ? Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks in advance Lee