RTG's new home *load warning*

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kevincao

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hi, some of you may know my SR's unfortunate death, with that, i haven't been keeping aro for the past 6 month, now i'm back again. I love the RTG bought from Cliff, the price was a steal, as he only wanted the aro to have a good home. I am very lucky to have the aro, it brought back my passion for the dragon again. here are the pictures of the aro, the tank, and the big motoro!

the water as you can see is still murky white? could it be the bacteria still developing? i've just switched my external overflow 220g to this internal overflow one, never had murky white water problem before, just had this happen after the tank switch. (3 weeks)

the tank has 17 times the turn over rate with,
the sump in the basement which used to be on a 1020 gallon (4 tanks 220+220+340+240) all runned by this one sump, and water was crystal clear. and 1 fluval fx5 running.

the ray has been in the tank for 3 weeks no problem. water condition is perfect also, yet somehow is murky...

any input on the tank water problem would be appreciated, mean while enjoy the pictures!

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sucks with out the over head flash :(
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the dat don't seem to be moving eh? :p
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the famous pacu shot!
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also, just abit added information in regards to the tank murky water problem

i have subtracted the height from basement to the tank, and how much water would the pump be pumping back to the tank, to get the turn over rate, incase some of you may wonder i forgot to do that part

and the fx5 was bought brand new, so there is no bacteria established (i guess)

and also this is just one of my theory towards the murky water problem, please correct me

the reason maybe that since the sump and the tank's height difference is 10ft, maybe while the water is falling, the water gets cooled dramatically, thus the lack of bacteria growth, therefore i shall increase the water temperature? maybe from 81F to 84F ?

* this same post can also be found on monsterfishkeepers, reason *some my friends are not on aro club, and i would like more suggestions towards the murky water problem.
 
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give it some time, the water will clear up in no time. also, with that many fish/bioload, i think if the filter systems pretty new, its having a hard time to cycle while coping with so much waste!


nice classic rtg with thin frame and blue base!
 
Good to see that the RTG is in a bigger tank =)

How long has the tank been running? Was the tank and system empty for a long period of time after your Red Aro died? When did you fill it back up and how did you cycle it? cause you did mention that you took some Bacteria from Dragon Aquarium.

If you have a liquid test kit just keep an eye on the tank everyday and if you see Ammonia and Nitrite lvls get high do immediate water changes and use Prime. It seems the tank is still pretty new and there's already a lot of fish in there already so I myself would keep a close watch on it until the bacteria population has a chance to grow to be able to support all the waste the fish is producing.

With the murky water being a bacteria bloom that could be possible... THe bacteria blooms I've had did not last very long in my tank, it was a white cloud that just lasted for a few hours in my tank.

Send me a pm if you have any qquestions.

Well i hope I helped =) Nice pictures BTW! and lots =D its nice.
Keep us all updated with more pictures =)
 
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