flower
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I did some water tests...its 2:00am... and I'm so stressed about the tank, I can't sleep so I got up to do water tests. These are new Seachem tests.
PH ............7.8 (it's the middle of the night, so in the daylight that would put it around 8.0) I will recheck tomorrow afternoon
Alk.............3
PO4...........0 (phosphate)
NO3...........0 (Nitrate)
Nitrite.........0
Ammonia...0
I decided to search on-line for causes and cures...Seems my very large water change yesterday (30g WC on a 56g tank) was not a good idea. This time the dilution added to the pollution.
PH ............7.8 (it's the middle of the night, so in the daylight that would put it around 8.0) I will recheck tomorrow afternoon
Alk.............3
PO4...........0 (phosphate)
NO3...........0 (Nitrate)
Nitrite.........0
Ammonia...0
I decided to search on-line for causes and cures...Seems my very large water change yesterday (30g WC on a 56g tank) was not a good idea. This time the dilution added to the pollution.
I had read in the aquaripures instructions that if the filter is too large for the tank it could cause the water to become cloudy...I stupidly assumed that must be the problem.
After removing the aquaripure filter, I did a huge water change and it was just slightly cloudy, I assumed it would clear from there.
The pump to the chiller came loose, I couldn't put my hands in the tank...I had used nail polish remover, and no amount of rinsing cleared the smell on my hands, so I dared not touch the tank water.
I opened the windows to clear the smell of the now spilled nail polish remover from my room (I feared the strong smell could hurt the tank)
6 hours later, I reattached the pump and restarted the chiller.
The tank began to cloud up and by bedtime it was like milk.