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Unread 06/17/2009, 08:51 PM   #1
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Question water in the tank

hi everyone...

yesterday i noticed that the water on my 29 gallon tank was a little blurry.

i did some tests everything seemed to be OK. the ammonia is 0
nitrite is 1.0ppm, the PH is 8.7, and the Nitrate is 20ppm.

Based on the instructions that come with the kit that i have, only the nitrite was a little high.

is there another reasons why the water could be blurry?

im going to make a 5 gallon water change tomorrow, and today i changed the filters.

(getting my 110gallon in 2 weeks)


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Unread 06/17/2009, 08:53 PM   #2
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over feeding? are you using a canister filter?


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Unread 06/17/2009, 08:59 PM   #3
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over feeding? are you using a canister filter?
well what i feed to my fish is a cube of emerald entree once a day.
the LFS guy told me that amount was good. is that to much?


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Unread 06/17/2009, 09:02 PM   #4
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in a 29g tank, yes. I would cut it in half. I only feed a cube and a half daily to my 165g tank


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Unread 06/17/2009, 10:26 PM   #5
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Re: water in the tank

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hi everyone...

yesterday i noticed that the water on my 29 gallon tank was a little blurry.

i did some tests everything seemed to be OK. the ammonia is 0
nitrite is 1.0ppm, the PH is 8.7, and the Nitrate is 20ppm.

Based on the instructions that come with the kit that i have, only the nitrite was a little high.

is there another reasons why the water could be blurry?

im going to make a 5 gallon water change tomorrow, and today i changed the filters.

(getting my 110gallon in 2 weeks)
i wanted to add to this thread that my fish are acting a little weird, i think it could be because of the water.

they sort of swim down and hit the sand and swim back up.


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