SOulGirL
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- 16 Jun 2010
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Hi there,
so I've been having a very strange problem with my new tank.
I recently started a new setup where I used about 12L of brand new Amazonia substrate (the original, not the V2) and for hardscape I used Seiryu stone, previously washed before placing in the tank.
I did a dark start, meaning, only the scape and substrate, filled with water and filter running for about 2 or 3 weeks.
No lights and no plants while cycling.
The filter is an Oase Biomaster 350 that had previously been working in my last setup so was more or less cycled.
Had a few weeks with ammonia super high, then came the nitrites peak and then nitrates. After that I did a big 90% WC and apparently the tank was cycled.
The thing is, the water started turning very yellow after a few days of the dark start and the it smelled reallty bad. Smells a bit like Prime, when the bottle is already running low.
I do use Prime for water conditioning, but never had this problem before.
Last week I added new plants, all from 1 2 Grow from Tropica, lights Twinstar 600S at 60% for 6 hours and also CO2 2bps (on 2 hours before lights on and off 1 hour before lights.)
I also did a 60% WC when I added the new plants.
Since the water is still very yellow and with a bad smell I added carbon to the filter about 3 days ago, but no change. Still looks yellow and has a foul smell.
Does anyone have any idea what might be happening? And what I can do to solve it?
WC's doesn't seem to work either, since after 1 or 2 days of a big WC the water is yellow again.
Adding a pic so you can see how yellow the water was before adding the plants. And now it's not as yellow but not much better either.
so I've been having a very strange problem with my new tank.
I recently started a new setup where I used about 12L of brand new Amazonia substrate (the original, not the V2) and for hardscape I used Seiryu stone, previously washed before placing in the tank.
I did a dark start, meaning, only the scape and substrate, filled with water and filter running for about 2 or 3 weeks.
No lights and no plants while cycling.
The filter is an Oase Biomaster 350 that had previously been working in my last setup so was more or less cycled.
Had a few weeks with ammonia super high, then came the nitrites peak and then nitrates. After that I did a big 90% WC and apparently the tank was cycled.
The thing is, the water started turning very yellow after a few days of the dark start and the it smelled reallty bad. Smells a bit like Prime, when the bottle is already running low.
I do use Prime for water conditioning, but never had this problem before.
Last week I added new plants, all from 1 2 Grow from Tropica, lights Twinstar 600S at 60% for 6 hours and also CO2 2bps (on 2 hours before lights on and off 1 hour before lights.)
I also did a 60% WC when I added the new plants.
Since the water is still very yellow and with a bad smell I added carbon to the filter about 3 days ago, but no change. Still looks yellow and has a foul smell.
Does anyone have any idea what might be happening? And what I can do to solve it?
WC's doesn't seem to work either, since after 1 or 2 days of a big WC the water is yellow again.
Adding a pic so you can see how yellow the water was before adding the plants. And now it's not as yellow but not much better either.