Hello everyone,
I've had my little Axies for about 7-8 months now and thankfully they have grown up quite nicely and healthy
Lately though, my water has been really cloudy. Now I've had to change their little caves around as they grew up and last time I changed from 2 separate caves to just one big hide. (Simply because they liked the last caves WAY too much and it was rare when they would come out of there lol)
I have a 20 gallon long tank with fine sand as substrate. I use an Aquaclear 50gal filter with the sponge(just changed this one last week), Seachem Purigen instead of carbon pad, recently added a fluval polishing pad to keep the water coming out of the filter as crystal clear as possible, and of course the little biomax sac to keep the cycle going. Temperature is always around 60-65F degrees.
I do a weekly water change with Seachem Prime to dechlorinate the water, and feed my Axolotls pellets every 2-3 days depending on how hungry they look. And yes I know the pellets also foul the water a bit but trust me they REALLY like the pellets lol so they stay in the water for maybe 1-2 hours tops while they devour them.
Just did a water reading today and came out to Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrates around 30-40 which means the cycle is pretty much set. Though I still use a bit of Seachem Stability when I do water changes just to make sure the cycle stays set.
So the BIG question is... why in the heavens is my water so cloudy? Also it seems to clear at random times but comes back once in a while. For example I've noticed that sometimes when I feed them frozen blood worms and they take awhile to eat them, the water will clear a bit... which seems very random to me
Any tips/help is really appreciated!
I've had my little Axies for about 7-8 months now and thankfully they have grown up quite nicely and healthy
Lately though, my water has been really cloudy. Now I've had to change their little caves around as they grew up and last time I changed from 2 separate caves to just one big hide. (Simply because they liked the last caves WAY too much and it was rare when they would come out of there lol)
I have a 20 gallon long tank with fine sand as substrate. I use an Aquaclear 50gal filter with the sponge(just changed this one last week), Seachem Purigen instead of carbon pad, recently added a fluval polishing pad to keep the water coming out of the filter as crystal clear as possible, and of course the little biomax sac to keep the cycle going. Temperature is always around 60-65F degrees.
I do a weekly water change with Seachem Prime to dechlorinate the water, and feed my Axolotls pellets every 2-3 days depending on how hungry they look. And yes I know the pellets also foul the water a bit but trust me they REALLY like the pellets lol so they stay in the water for maybe 1-2 hours tops while they devour them.
Just did a water reading today and came out to Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrates around 30-40 which means the cycle is pretty much set. Though I still use a bit of Seachem Stability when I do water changes just to make sure the cycle stays set.
So the BIG question is... why in the heavens is my water so cloudy? Also it seems to clear at random times but comes back once in a while. For example I've noticed that sometimes when I feed them frozen blood worms and they take awhile to eat them, the water will clear a bit... which seems very random to me
Any tips/help is really appreciated!