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lookoutworld
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Posted 11 Months ago #1
My 30g is not fully cycled and the water is quite cloudy..but it is a white sort of cloudiness could this be like an ammonia spike?
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Tony
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Posted 11 Months ago #2
It could be but id do a water test as well. I have the same problem but it turned out to be nitrites and nitrates and not ammonia
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Posted 11 Months ago #3
Ammonia usually happens before nitrite, and some nitrogen compounds form tiny bubbles that can make the water appear cloudy. Filters also take a while to get out all of the small particles.

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