Alastair
Member
Right, finally decided to pop this post up after getting stupidly frustrated over the past few weeks with my water clarity. I've changed my fx5s to a pro3 2080 and pro 3e 2078. 2078 is filled with mech pro, bio mech and substrate pro, and the 2080 is filled with mech rings, Alfa grog some substrate pro and then seachem matrix. Both have the blue prefilter pads inside and floss as a final.
Despite this, I can't for the life of me get rid of very small particles of detrious floating in the tank, I've got flow all over every bit of the tank, in a nice circular configuration, very small stocking and yet it just will not clear, I vac the substrate and plant leaves evey other day, doesn't stop, and have now gone to changing 50 percent twice a week? Which gives it crystal clear water for that day then bang it's back to the same again the day after. Why o beeping why is this happening. I've got two of the best filters on it, with more than enough mechanical filtration but it's not keeping my water clean. The tiny detrious is settling on some plant leaves and rapidly gets strands of algae off which I clear every other day.
Any ideas anyone as I'm now at the point where I will just shut the lot down and give it a miss.
Thanks guys n girls
Despite this, I can't for the life of me get rid of very small particles of detrious floating in the tank, I've got flow all over every bit of the tank, in a nice circular configuration, very small stocking and yet it just will not clear, I vac the substrate and plant leaves evey other day, doesn't stop, and have now gone to changing 50 percent twice a week? Which gives it crystal clear water for that day then bang it's back to the same again the day after. Why o beeping why is this happening. I've got two of the best filters on it, with more than enough mechanical filtration but it's not keeping my water clean. The tiny detrious is settling on some plant leaves and rapidly gets strands of algae off which I clear every other day.
Any ideas anyone as I'm now at the point where I will just shut the lot down and give it a miss.
Thanks guys n girls