Water Clarity Driving Me Mad!

[zoeb2912]

170ish l
2000 lph internal witth black sponge, green sponge, carbon pellets, filter floss spray bar attacted
850lph internal with polish floss
Amm 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10_25
Hardness 16
Ph 7.6

6 five band barbs
6 dwarf rainbows
5 dwarf platies
5 cory tril
6 khuli
2 kribs
2 opaline gouram
4 guppy
2bn plecs

Changed to new filter about a week ago, stuffed with mature media from old filter.

Water has a milky cloudyness and white particles floating?

Fish fed a variety of peas, flake, pellets and frozen foods.

Use stress coat stress zyme ammo lock (ammo in tap water) seacham florish.

Sand sub, bogwood, slate, vallis, moss balls

water change twice week

2 t8 1600k bulbs

Help please

 

[KISSfn]

Do you have both filters running or did you replace one?

 

[zoeb2912]

I have both filters running.

 

[Gilli]

You have a mini cycle going on. Cut back on feeding and it will sort itself out.

 

[KISSfn]

I agree with Gilli.

 

[zoeb2912]

Thanks. Should I still carry out my normal water change routine?
And off topic but can I keep 2 female kribs together as my 2 keep breeding and I dont want fry all the time.

 

[KISSfn]

Yes.

All I know about Kribs is what I just looked up and it said they should be kept in pairs, male and female.

 

[Primous]

It took me a sec to reply because I wanted to calculate a few things. I'd take a different tact to the one given so far and start with your stocking levels first. In my opinion for a rough 170l you are over stocked in a big way. Add to the the rapid reproduction of the 10 livebeaers...

 

[Gilli]

Although you tank is overstocked your water levels readings (if correct ) seem to be ok - probably because you are doing twice weekly water changes. Are you using a liquid test kit or paper strips? Have you added any new fish lately? If you havent then you must be overfeeding which will cause a mini cycle if the bacteria cant cope.

Keep up with your routine water changes and give the gravel a thorough gravel vac to remove any uneaten food. also make sure you remove any rotting plant material. Dont expect the water changes to clear the cloudiness - that will continue until the bacteria catch up which shouldnt take long once they start colonising in the new media and inside the walls etc of the new filter.

As for the 2 female kribs - depends on the kribs. Some females wont tolerate others and unless you have a huge tank if thats the case its not a good idea.

 

[zoeb2912]

I have the api master test kit.
No new fish added. I think im over feeding. I normally give 2 frozen cubes each feed, sunday about 6 peas. And a couple of pinches of flakes with 1 pellet for each bottom feeder on the days they dont get frozen. But I do vac any left over food after a couple of hours.