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Hey everyone! I need some helping solving some water quality issues my tank is starting to get noticeably cloudy. All of the data is below . Cheers!
Parameters :
Ammonia: .25
Nitrate: 10 ppm
Ph: 8.0
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Tank and Filtration:
20 gallon
Marineland HOB FILTER
1 chemi pure elite
1 chemi pure blue
15 bio balls
2 marine
Life rock (not live)
Live sand
livestock:
1 clown
1 green spotted mandarin
1 Feather duster
2 cleaner shrimp
2 hermits
4 turbo snail
Gsp
Acan
Possible issues In my opinion:
Water parameters, but i feel my filter setup and water change schedule wouldn’t allow them to
I can’t find one of my small hermits coud him being dead damage water quality this much?
Bacterial bloom( but wouldn’t my parameters be fine?)
I was 2 days late 2 water changes ago
Every water change has been 50% since April (could that be too much ? I set the tank up in early March )
I will post a picture below but under the gsp is pretty much the mandarins home could he be constantly discarding waste under there that I don’t siphon that would cause the bad parameters ?
algae bloom?
I just replaced all filter cartridges and chemi pures about a week and a half ago . I change them out every 3-4 weeks .
Everyone is eating and corals are always out looking great so I’m not extremely concerned but I want to get ahead of the game here.
I appreciate all the help on solving this issue pics below!!!
Parameters :
Ammonia: .25
Nitrate: 10 ppm
Ph: 8.0
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Tank and Filtration:
20 gallon
Marineland HOB FILTER
1 chemi pure elite
1 chemi pure blue
15 bio balls
2 marine
Life rock (not live)
Live sand
livestock:
1 clown
1 green spotted mandarin
1 Feather duster
2 cleaner shrimp
2 hermits
4 turbo snail
Gsp
Acan
Possible issues In my opinion:
Water parameters, but i feel my filter setup and water change schedule wouldn’t allow them to
I can’t find one of my small hermits coud him being dead damage water quality this much?
Bacterial bloom( but wouldn’t my parameters be fine?)
I was 2 days late 2 water changes ago
Every water change has been 50% since April (could that be too much ? I set the tank up in early March )
I will post a picture below but under the gsp is pretty much the mandarins home could he be constantly discarding waste under there that I don’t siphon that would cause the bad parameters ?
algae bloom?
I just replaced all filter cartridges and chemi pures about a week and a half ago . I change them out every 3-4 weeks .
Everyone is eating and corals are always out looking great so I’m not extremely concerned but I want to get ahead of the game here.
I appreciate all the help on solving this issue pics below!!!