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Fish Tank Cloudy...? | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Miskairal (who is having trouble posting) (none / 0) (#2)
by unclescott on Sun Mar 20, 2005 at 07:29:42 PM PST

from Oz also noted:

I read recently that when you add ammonia, it has to be pure ammonia and not the stuff that may contain detergent or something. I believe it is harder to obtain the pure stuff these days. You also should only add it once. The guy who said this explained that if you add it daily (as most people do) it will build up and make for an ongoing cycle that will not complete. I have been following this ammonia info b/c my tanks appear diseased so starting from scratch I wouldn't really want to use material from a "sick tank".

If the cloudy water is greenish it is an algae bloom. If it is more whitish it is a bacterial bloom most often caused by the tank cycling. I wonder if Guppyluver's water already had ammonia in it which may have started the cycle???

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Re: Miskairal (who is having trouble posting) (none / 0) (#3)
by miskairal on Mon Mar 21, 2005 at 12:52:56 AM PST

Thanks unc!

GL seems to be working again for me most of the time. Took a lot of goes to be able to reply to your own diary and Maggie's but this reply worked straight off. Ahh cyberspace, couldn't live without it but have trouble living with it sometimes :)
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