Best Septic Tank Cleaner : Microbe-Lift Gravel and Substrate ...
I've used this product in the betta, barbs, and 38-gallon tank, and the water has always cleared up in color, clarity, and quality (did water tests once cleared to see what the parameters might be). I bought this hoping it would do what it... However, for this product, I have to say that, 1) the bottle warns folks about the brown color that others are complaining about in their reviews, and 2) I'm not sure what happened to the poor guy with brown coffee-colored water (review below),... It is a dark coffee brown, and as much as I worry about unbalancing my tank I'm going to start doing water changes out of schedule until I can get the water at least somewhat clearer. 5G tank w/ a betta, two Fluval Ebi Nanos (~8G), and one Fluval Chi (5G) that has an albino catfish & some tiger barbs. But instead of fading in the 48 - 96 hours it has become worse each day, and now I can not even see fish from one end of the tank to the other. The bottle says it will "discolor your water for 48 - 96 hours" but here it is a week and a half later, and it is getting worse. My tank has had a constant algal bloom battle, sometimes worse than other times, and seemed to remain cloudy, even when the blooms had been abated. The water clarifiers and (alleged) algae killers I've used never worked, no matter how expensive or reputable the brand, but somehow this product did it all. The tank went rust brown as soon as I added the product, and I was expecting that. I have never worried so much about the ecology of my tank as I have since I added this product. one 38-gallon with plants, fish & invertebrates, a 1. As others may be, I'm a skeptic and lightly read into what others post (unless there seems to be a central theme).