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I know this gets asked a lot, so I'll try to be as specific as possible. I've already tried a few obvious things but not results.
I have a 46 gallon acrylic tank with African cichlids. It has been up and running with fish for 6 weeks now. I'm using argonite gravel. Our tap water here is pristine. I've tested all parameters and all are perfect. No ammonia, no nitrites and as close to no nitrates as you can hope to be. I'm running an FX6 with four different types of biooogical media, purigen, two blue fine filter pads and two polishing filter pads. I have a hydor mini 425 creating surface turbulence. Temperature kept at 79~80 degrees.
So what am I doing wrong? Why isn't my water crystal clear? It's always looks like someone dumped a cup of milk in with the water. It's clean, and you can see some occasional fish waste float by, but it's by no means polished. I only feed them as much as they will eat in a minute. They're small-ish so I'm feeding them twice a day. I'm also doing 25% water changes weekly using a python gravel vac. Just disassembled and changed filter pads today in the FX6. I assumed the purigen needed to be recharged but it's just a dirt brown color. Not almost black as the label says it will be.
Suggestions?
I have a 46 gallon acrylic tank with African cichlids. It has been up and running with fish for 6 weeks now. I'm using argonite gravel. Our tap water here is pristine. I've tested all parameters and all are perfect. No ammonia, no nitrites and as close to no nitrates as you can hope to be. I'm running an FX6 with four different types of biooogical media, purigen, two blue fine filter pads and two polishing filter pads. I have a hydor mini 425 creating surface turbulence. Temperature kept at 79~80 degrees.
So what am I doing wrong? Why isn't my water crystal clear? It's always looks like someone dumped a cup of milk in with the water. It's clean, and you can see some occasional fish waste float by, but it's by no means polished. I only feed them as much as they will eat in a minute. They're small-ish so I'm feeding them twice a day. I'm also doing 25% water changes weekly using a python gravel vac. Just disassembled and changed filter pads today in the FX6. I assumed the purigen needed to be recharged but it's just a dirt brown color. Not almost black as the label says it will be.
Suggestions?