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04/11/2013, 03:27 PM
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Murky water in my nano tank
Hey folks. I'm not "new to the hobby," but I am new to this problem. I've had a 38 gallon nuvo nano cycling for over a month now, and yesterday the water turned a murky brown color. Research suggests it's a bloom of brown algae, but I'm trying to see if anyone has any other idea of what it might be. I'm doing a mild water change to help it some, but I just did one two days ago.
Suggestions? PS: I cleaned all the filter pads in ro/di water |
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04/11/2013, 03:31 PM
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If the tank is still cycling I'd keep the the lights and let it pass. Will most likely dissipate within a few days.
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04/11/2013, 04:30 PM
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Do not do a mild water change, do a huge 50% one. If you are having a bloom then it is necessary to end it's cycle. Brown water could also be GFO dust, are you running any phosphate absorbent media?
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04/11/2013, 07:21 PM
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I believe one of my sponges is a phosphate absorber. I get some media baskets in tomorrow with different filtration, so I'll be switching half the filters then. I know I have something for phosphate in what I ordered. Just don't remember what
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04/11/2013, 07:24 PM
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