Does ADA AmaII Makes Water Yellowish & Cloudy?

[dnsfpl]

set up my tank for more than a week already
the water was crystal clear when i first fill up the tank
it turn yellowish & cloudy few hours later

did 30% water change on monday before adding shrimps

the water is still yellowish & cloudy now
no casualty of newly added shrimps

i dont have this problem using GEX soil

thanks

u meant u cycle for 1 week and then u added shrimps ?

bro! amazonia 2 you need to cycle it for atleast 1mth!
as its very acidic! and you need to let all the amonia and impurities seep out of the soil.. and do a huge water change atleast 80%..
try to add lots of mosura BT-9

[Ningning]

i dont think bro dnspl is tt "forgetful" right?

if you are bro, i think u better take out ur shrimps.

For me when i use ADA Amma 2 and just set up, I'll use a Hang on filter and wrap the filter with fine cotton wool. Then let it run. The bigger the Hang on filter the better. the cotton wool will trap those mini debris.. At the top, i add tissue paper and stuff to trap all the debris that got suck in. Works for me. within 2 hours, whole tank is clear. no yellow and no cloudy.

If you already added the shrimps and cannot take it out, buy seachem stability.

[iewnuj]

Funny, I did not experience any cloudiness in my tank when I set up my tank with ADA AmaII.

[dnsfpl]

i check my water parameter before adding the shrimps
ammonia, nitrite 0
nitrate 5 ph 6.7 temp 25

i cycle for a week for all my setup, from crs to marine etc etc
after filling up with water, i will throw in a small piece of market prawn
next day test the water parameter for ammonia, if positive will remove the prawn
after a week of cycling, will test the water parameter again
if all okay, i will start stocking slowly
so far no casualty using method, including sensitive fauna like ss grade crs & marine golden angel

did some research, the problem might be cause by the hardness of the tap water

anyone got similar issue?

[iewnuj]

Here are some of my parameters for my tank, i think we our results are quite similar.

Day 13
PH - 5.5 (Tetra)
NO2 - 0.25 mg/L (API)
NO3 - 50mg/L (Sera)
GH - 999 (Tetra)

Day 16
GH: 4
NO3 - 50mg/l

Day 29
NO3 - 25mg/l
NO2 - 0mg/l
GH - 3
PH - 6.5

[silane]

Originally Posted by dnsfpl

the water is still yellowish & cloudy now
no casualty of newly added shrimps

add activated carbon to remove the yellow tint. It is normal to get yellow tint when you use tap water.

[dnsfpl]

will run carbon and top up using distilled water

hope this will resolve the problem

thanks for the info

cheers

[dnsfpl]

problem with ada amaii soil
http://www.adana.co.jp/pdf/100708_asoil_am2eng.pdf

my tap water ph is 7.4, tank ph is 6.8
i hope this got nothing to do with the soil
i guess its just my luck