Tank help?

[Bajamaniac12]

Hello :)

I have a 200litre tank and it keeps going cloudy.

Its been setup for around 4 months now
Using a fluval U4 filter
Lots of live plants
Constant flow of oxygen

Why is it going cloudy?

I do a 30% water change every week and i change around half when it goes cloudy

Current stats:

Ammonia: 0.5
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
GH: 125
KH: 50
PH: 6.4

Any help/tips would be very much appreciated

[troy tucker]

Sounds like its recycling. that would give the ammonia spike.
What are you using in the filter and are you cleaning it too?

[johnnymisty]

I had a similar situation happen and still not sure what happened but are you over feeding maybe. Also are you using city or well water and do you use anything to dechlorinate the water like prime or amquel+. When I had my problem I cut back on how much I fed changed my light cycle up. I actually did a 95% water change and left my lights off for 2 days it cleared up and been fine ever since not sure if its the same like mine though

[Bajamaniac12]

Tank help?

Sounds like its recycling. that would give the ammonia spike.
What are you using in the filter and are you cleaning it too?

I change one carbon filter pad every 2 weeks as stated by fluval,other than that i leave it alone.

[Bajamaniac12]

Tank help?

I had a similar situation happen and still not sure what happened but are you over feeding maybe. Also are you using city or well water and do you use anything to dechlorinate the water like prime or amquel+. When I had my problem I cut back on how much I fed changed my light cycle up. I actually did a 95% water change and left my lights off for 2 days it cleared up and been fine ever since not sure if its the same like mine though

I use normal tap water, i dont treat it as im not sure what treatments i can use with a black ghost knife fish, all the water parameters seem fine though using normal tap water

[TexSun]

Re: Tank help?

What type of substrate are you using?

[Bajamaniac12]

Tank help?

Black 2-3mm gravel

[johnnymisty]

Use should use prime or amquel+ to dechlorinate the water when doing water changes

[Bajamaniac12]

Tank help?

I have some tetra aquasafe, is it safe to use with bgk and shrimp though?

[johnnymisty]

Ya it just neutralizes the chlorine in the water making it safer for the fish

[Bajamaniac12]

Tank help?

Okay great, just parranoid about it as the bgk is supposed to be very fragile

[mistahoo]

Okay great, just parranoid about it as the bgk is supposed to be very fragile

They generally are. Most dechlorinating solutions shouldn't harm your fish unless you put a ridiculous amount in the tank.

[allysangels]

the clown loaches are just as sensitive as the ghost knife. i'd be more worried about chlorine in the water than using a treatment. I reccomend amquel.

[wesleydnunder]

Cloudiness could be several things. Try a layer of floss in the filter. It will trap finer particles. What type of test are you using to come up with those values? You should show at least some nitrate in a cycled tank with fish in it.

Mark

[mistahoo]

the clown loaches are just as sensitive as the ghost knife. i'd be more worried about chlorine in the water than using a treatment. I reccomend amquel.

+1 Amquel+ is awesome!