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Postby LRD on Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:38 pm

I have a 55 gallon tank, it has been set up for about 2 months. I let it cycle for 3 weeks, and since then cleaning it everyweek ( gravel and replacing 20% to 30% of the water). IT has 1 pleco, 1 red devil 4 to 6 inches long, and 2 convicts. I have a Emperor filter. But for some reason i can not get my cloudness out. It has no odor. Nit 0, PH 7.8, Amm. 0, Water hardeness somewhat hard.
I need help I am getting tried of it being cloudy, it looks I do not take care of my fish. The only reason the red devil is in a 55 is because my 125 got a crack in it and have not replaced it yet.( broke right now) Any help I would like to hear.

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Postby cichlidfish on Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:45 pm

Finer media filters, activated carbon, remove gravel in some cases. More powerful filtration sometime needed. I think mainly finer media to catch smaller particles.
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Postby yup on Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:27 pm

yea prolly some more filter man
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Postby LRD on Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:31 pm

I am going to get a new filter system Wed. Would do you prefer I go with?

Thanks for all the help
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Postby cichlidfish on Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:55 am

magnum 350 plus something else, I've used that combo pretty well, magnum also comes with a finer filter media you can swap in there. I would say have one filter for the big stuff and one with a fine filter media. The one with the coarser media should be the more powerful one. Some aquaclear500 maybe etc...
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Postby LRD on Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:55 am

Got the magnum, and two days later it was crystal clear water. Looks great. Thanks for all the help cichlidfish.

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