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1) cut back on feeding, you have too many nutrients in your water, sounds like your tank is established and the full nitrogen cycle is completed (only takes a couple weeks to a month)

2) Add more carbon (buy in bulk) to help absorb the excess nutriets and clarify your water.

3) change your filter floss more frequently, as it's a "boulder catcher" to get the bigger chunks out of the water.

4) count yourself LUCKY you are only dealing with a very small freshwater tank. My world is a 135 gallon salt reef tank with hard and soft corals,

5) I'm a sick sick man, as I'm now setting replacing the 135 gallon with a 180 gallon, 6 foot long by 2' x 2' all glass, tank alone weighs 600 pounds. Don't catch my sickness! he heh heh.



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