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What could be causing my tank to go from clear to cloudy when I dose trace ferts and iron? It's not being caused by my UVS this time.
I've had a little bit of cloudiness in my 75g ever since I moved the tank. I thought it was a bacterial bloom since water changes had to affect, but the tank is cycled now.
This morning, I was happy to see that the water was clear. However, after dosing trace ferts and iron, the cloudiness has returned.
This is the very same cloudiness I had when the UVS was causing the trace ferts to precipitate. But this time, the UVS is turned off so it can't be that.
Could carbon being messing with the tank? I added carbon to my filtration when the snail died and stunk things up, but I didn't remove it. It's only been a few weeks. I added purigen last week, but that doesn't seem to be doing much (I don't have colored water; it's a hazy cloudy water).
I'll go ahead and remove the carbon from the Eheim, but I somehow don't think the carbon is the culprit.
I do run my UVS at night for 2 hours, but by the time I dosed the trace, the UVS had been off for 9 hours since it's last run. I also double checked, and the UVS is indeed off. I cannot see how the UVS could be doing this when the water is clear and then becomes cloudy when I dose the trace ferts while the UVS is still off during that tie.
Anyone have any idea what else could be causing this?
I've had a little bit of cloudiness in my 75g ever since I moved the tank. I thought it was a bacterial bloom since water changes had to affect, but the tank is cycled now.
This morning, I was happy to see that the water was clear. However, after dosing trace ferts and iron, the cloudiness has returned.
This is the very same cloudiness I had when the UVS was causing the trace ferts to precipitate. But this time, the UVS is turned off so it can't be that.
Could carbon being messing with the tank? I added carbon to my filtration when the snail died and stunk things up, but I didn't remove it. It's only been a few weeks. I added purigen last week, but that doesn't seem to be doing much (I don't have colored water; it's a hazy cloudy water).
I'll go ahead and remove the carbon from the Eheim, but I somehow don't think the carbon is the culprit.
I do run my UVS at night for 2 hours, but by the time I dosed the trace, the UVS had been off for 9 hours since it's last run. I also double checked, and the UVS is indeed off. I cannot see how the UVS could be doing this when the water is clear and then becomes cloudy when I dose the trace ferts while the UVS is still off during that tie.
Anyone have any idea what else could be causing this?