Short story: I didn’t feed my tank while fishless (5-6 month old) and I got Dino’s. I got 00 phosphates.
I started heavy feeding to bring it up to 0.1ppm phosphates.
Now my tank has a slight cloudy look to it. It looks dingy and gross.
I did a little googling and “white milky” appearance is a bacterial bloom, while green is an algae bloom.
Great. Now, is this good or bad? Should I try turning on my skimmer (it’s off) to remove the bacteria?
Does bacteria bloom mean the bacteria is in the water? Or does it mean they are producing waste from the surfaces?
I want to know what this cloudiness is, and I want to know if removing it (water changes, skimmer, diatom filters) will quicken the bacteria process or SLOW the process?
I want bacteria to grow to outcompete the Dino’s.
Oh, and ps: I might have overdosed microbacter 7 today because I thought my cloudy water was from LACK of bacteria. Whoops. But it was cloudy before I dosed the bottle. The cloudiness is about the same before and after the microbacter. Maybe a tiny bit worse after the dosage.
TL;DR I want my crystal clear tank back. Will leaving my tank cloudy help reach my goal faster or will skimmer help? What’s going on on a microscopic level when a tank has a bacterial bloom?
I started heavy feeding to bring it up to 0.1ppm phosphates.
Now my tank has a slight cloudy look to it. It looks dingy and gross.
I did a little googling and “white milky” appearance is a bacterial bloom, while green is an algae bloom.
Great. Now, is this good or bad? Should I try turning on my skimmer (it’s off) to remove the bacteria?
Does bacteria bloom mean the bacteria is in the water? Or does it mean they are producing waste from the surfaces?
I want to know what this cloudiness is, and I want to know if removing it (water changes, skimmer, diatom filters) will quicken the bacteria process or SLOW the process?
I want bacteria to grow to outcompete the Dino’s.
Oh, and ps: I might have overdosed microbacter 7 today because I thought my cloudy water was from LACK of bacteria. Whoops. But it was cloudy before I dosed the bottle. The cloudiness is about the same before and after the microbacter. Maybe a tiny bit worse after the dosage.
TL;DR I want my crystal clear tank back. Will leaving my tank cloudy help reach my goal faster or will skimmer help? What’s going on on a microscopic level when a tank has a bacterial bloom?