tanah4128 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Hi, can anyone help me out with my yellow water. My tank is a 6x2x2. Filtration is an FX5 and a 4x2x2 sump running at 5000lph. Sump media is bio balls,coarse sponge filter,matrix, carbon,noodles,clay balls and dacron. Water parameters all good. Water change is 25% weekly. Fish are healthy(eating more and more,active). Tank has been running clear for 8 months but recently developed a yellow discolouration and slightly cloudy. Tank is not in direct sunlight. Have 20+ BN to clean glass. I am stumped:( Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 any new driftwood added lately ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munruben1 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Any new brand of flake food that the colour could be leaching out of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanah4128 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 no drift wood and fed on hikari shrimp pellet and spectrum pellets. Sand subtstrate, volcanic rocks as decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 wee wees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanah4128 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 heheh, possibly:) Never happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanah4128 Posted May 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 All sorted:) Think it was minor algae bloom:) Must has gotten it from the Amazon swords that were recently put in. Just turn the in-line UV steriliser on and re-adjusted my protein skimmer. Yes, my protein skimmer:) Actually works a treat on the african tank. Collecting a lot of gunk. Dark tea colour and slightly sludgey texture. Might be all the organic waste from 150+ malawis. But thanks for all the feed backs. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 wow thats alot of fish in a 6x2x2... I have about 50 in my 8x2x2 and think its crowded lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanah4128 Posted May 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 heheh, looks empty when they are chilling out. Feeding time....... see more fish than water lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexxl Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 did you try to bump up your pH with bicarb? i find that makes the water yellow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Yea I have a heck of a lot of fish in my 6x2x2 and I find its the massive amount of food I do a 50% w/c weekly and that does the trick adding fresh carbon weekly works well too, even better to use that 'chemi-pure' stuff beware the algae disks! them and prawn pellets are super concentrated food man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garman Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 All sorted:)Think it was minor algae bloom:) Must has gotten it from the Amazon swords that were recently put in. Just turn the in-line UV steriliser on and re-adjusted my protein skimmer. Yes, my protein skimmer:) Actually works a treat on the african tank. Collecting a lot of gunk. Dark tea colour and slightly sludgey texture. I am curious about the protein skimmer, I always got told they were useless for freshwater.....but you find it helps, can you tell me a bit about it as I am interested to learn more about them, I might even have room to squeeze one in ?? All info is good info...thanks sorry looks like the quote bit didn't work, apologies ........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) before they were just for marine tanks, you could buy them for freshwater tanks. They were called 'urine skimmers' lol worst part is I just searched that on google.... and got no hits to do with aquariums. >shudder< ok I had a quick look at the krib archives http://www.thekrib.com/Filters/skimmers-fresh.html dam I feel old now Edited May 25, 2011 by DeadFishFloating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbiii Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Apparently Hikari changed their recipe in some of their foods, hence the new packaging. Rumour has it, the new shit theyre putting in algae wafers makes your water cloudy. Maybe from uneaten shrimp pellets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garman Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 before they were just for marine tanks, you could buy them for freshwater tanks.They were called 'urine skimmers' lol worst part is I just searched that on google.... and got no hits to do with aquariums. >shudder< ok I had a quick look at the krib archives Freshwater Skimmers dam I feel old now Thanks Dff, I appreciate the effort you go to at times to get answers, even if you have to go into the krib for it lol, that was intersting and something to try as an experiment ??? parts arn't exy to try..... thanks garry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 You can also add chemicals to aquariums that will make skimmers 'go nuts' even in freshwater. Melafix springs to mind but even a lot of dechlorinators will over activate them. Skimmers work pretty good in brackish and marine, but they dont have the same static charge in freshwater, so it has to be pretty dirty. If its not dirty ya can try adding a chem to make them go crazy. I dont know if I would run a skimmer on a freshwater tank all the time, but everynow and again, almost as a water polish could work well. Or even using after feed time to remove as much protein before it enters nitrate cycle..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
