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Yellow water

Morrison

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The water in my axie tanks is always a yellowish color. There is no wood in it. Just white sand, fake plants and some aquarium hides (and a moss ball).
It doesn't matter how many waterchanges I do... It's yellow and it won't go away.

It's just ugly and gross looking. Like someone took a pee in my tank...

How can I fix it.

Water parameters are fine, no sign of ammonia too.
 
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Have you tried stuffing an HOB filter with some filter wool and letting it run for a few days? Also you could try using some water clearer chemical as well.
 
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Yes. I did rinse the sand. I have the sand for about two years now and the yellow-ness is like this for... 6 months or so.

@ Bdyoung: Do you mean dechlorinators and stuff? I use AquaSafe (Tetra) everytime I do water changes.
 
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Thanks, that looks awesome. Now let's hope I can find something like that over here.
 
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I guess I needed some fresh carbon. Didn't know that it only works for a pretty short time.
So I bought some carbon and it looks like my water is less yellow right now. Works pretty fast I guess.
Thanks.
 
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If its still yellow it might be your tap water (if you're using tap water). You could try buying natural spring water at the store. They can come in gallons for a pretty good price.
 
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Yeah you should change carbon out bi-weekly if not weekly. You don't necessarily need carbon all the time though. Just in cases where your water isn't looking great.
 
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I would say it could be tap water dis colouration as i get that sometimes. But it could be algae on the glass or in the water from excess nutrients and light??
 
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