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Cloudy Water

I have cloudy water, why isn't my filter working?

I have cloudy water, why isn't my filter working?
To have really clean water, if you have just started your tank or completely replaced all your media and cleaned your tank it will take a while to allow the filter material to mature with biological activity. Until you have established a balance of beneficial bacteria and allowed the other bacteria to use up any organic material that promotes bacteria to thrive in the water column, your tank will be cloudy.

How to clear it up.

If you just started this tank or completely replaced your media, you need to add Cycle. It is Live but dormant beneficial bacteria in a bottle. Double dose according to tank size. Remember to add Cycle every time you do a water change and/or media change. Try not do a water change and complete media change at the same time, you will remove too much beneficial bacteria. One way to protect against this is to ensure you always retain some of the older media through the filter cleaning. The chamber design of the Fluval system lends itself to this style of cleaning where an entire filter module can be left alone during the rest of the media replacement.

If your tank has been running for a while and it is cloudy that could be caused from several reasons. You should not run the light for more than 12 hours. Ensure the aquarium is not placed where the tank will be struck by direct sunlight.. This can produce damaging temperature fluctuations as well as promote suspended algae blooms that turn the water into a pea soup green.

Do not overstock or overfeed your fish. If you have cloudy water add Cycle to reduce the excess production of ammonia and nitrite and "B" Clear. "B" Clear is a biological product that clears up cloudy water from a bacterial bloom. It contains live cultures of bacteria that reduce organic wastes that are the food for the bacteria that explode and cause the visible cloud. By removing the organic material before it dissolves into the water column, the suspended bacteria are forced to die back to invisible levels.

All the media and Cycle and "B" Clear can be purchased from the retail location you purchased your filter.

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