Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:46 pm Re: Filtration question/suggestions
Funny enough, just yesterday I pulled all the river stone out, 100% water change, moved to sand substrate, and replaced the foam pads in the filter. The waters still a little cloudy from the sand, otherwise the water is pretty clear. NOT pink any more. Before I did the change i noticed the zip ties starting to turn a little pink. Thats what prompted all the "construction". All the wildlife is doing fine. I figured if anything was wrong with the water, the shrimp would've been the first to go if there was a problem. That's what happened when the tank was first starting up and my Nitrate level spiked. I checked all the levels today, after a 24hr cycle, and everything was great, for once. I did through cleaning of the filter, there was a little brownish residue on the paper towel. I'm guessing that there may have been some something in it, that I missed when I initially cleaned it out. I don't really know... Thanks again for all your help!