General Care Discussion :: Water Cloudy and Water Change Help

[Ryano]

Ok so, my tank has just cycled a couple of days ago, PH is showing around a 7.6 on the first scale and a 7.4 on the high range PH scale. The ammonia is showing 0. The nitrite is showing 0 and the nitrate is showing 10-20ppm. I still have a little bit of a milky cloudiness to the water and I don't know what is causing it. It's been that way for a couple of weeks. I use no substrate. I have tried api accu clear with no success, so I'm guessing it's not suspended particles. I'm lost on what to do. It's a 125 gallon with an FX6 filter. Filter was cleaned a coue of days ago also.

Also, what is the suggestion on water changes after cycling? How much and how often?

[Ryano]

Anyone able to help me out on this one?

[steve]

Was the bio media cleaned a few days ago as well?

[Kansasslider]

Do you have carbon in the filter? Fine polishing pad? I change 25-50% weekly. Are you using carbon filtered water to do your changes? How do you clean your filter?

[Ryano]

Filter is brand new. It is setup like the fx5 recommendation on the thread here. I do have a carbon media bag in there. I have cleaned it once. Used the aquarium water to clean everything. I also replaced the carbon with new. I did not use carbon filtered water for the change but I did use prime on the water.

[Kansasslider]

Well, I will have to let someone else weigh in on this. Sounds like your doing everything like you should. I'm not sure why your water is still cloudy?

[Ryano]

Thank you for assisting. I can't figure it out myself. I feel everything is right and all the readings are good.

[steve]

These things usually clear up themselves.

[Ryano]

I sure hope so because I'm really confused by it.

[steve]

Yea, I stopped taking readings. If your tap water source is good and you do regular changes, I wouldn't worry too much.