My tank has been up for about 6 months and i still have cloudy water, diatoms, brown and green hair algae
and god knows what else that i cant see. The thing is that my water tests really well and im growing purple all over the glass and those tiny white swirl looking barnicles. What gives? here are some pics (dont mind the mess, under construction) and my parameters :
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
amonia 0
phos 0
ph 8.16
cal 420
salt 1.027
temp 78.6
lights are on 8.5 hrs
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