Hobbies other than growing??

[Rwise]

Do a search for "white algae"

[Gator]

Lol, I just found it on Google,I believe it is white algae,it doesn't hurt fish,but it's ugly to look at, some algae eating fish will help,the aquatic shop open soon, I'm going to go see what he has

[Ckbrew]

Those plants look plastic, is that correct? Are there any living things in there yet? It might be a biomass imbalance.

[Gator]

The plants are fake,no living things yet

[Gator]

Picked up an albino placostomus

[Ckbrew]

If you know someone with a healthy tank transfer some water to your tank to inoculate it with microbes. If you put a pleko in there, you have already done that tho. Water looks a little hazy still. A diatomaceous earth filter for a couple of days does wonders to make the water crystal clear. Starting up a tank can have issues like this. kind of like gut flora. It needs to be healthy for things to run well.

[Gator]

Exactly,I removed everything but the substrate and the pleco , waiting for the water to clear up, going to do a good cleaning on the decor it's probably not a big deal but it bugs me like a mother

[Ckbrew]

I bet your first grow wasn't perfect. Roll with it and learn. You'll get it back on track. For cleaning up the plastic n stuff, I used to soak and brush them in concentrated salt solution. Then rinse well with water. I also did this to the empty tank and then everything that went in the tank when setting up. The salt kills microbes with out leaving anything toxic so long as it is well rinsed.

[Gator]

Thank you for the heads up, I never even thought of that lol