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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2006New Tank Very Cloudy
I am just starting a tank - no fish or corals yet. I got everything set up and running, then added 20 lbs of Garf's Grunge. For the next 12 hrs, I couldn't see more than 2" into the tank. After, things settled a bit, but the water is still quite cloudy, nothing like what I had before I added the Grunge. I have no external filter to help clear the water, although I borrowed a hang-on-the-tank filter temporarily from a freshwater tank. Judging from the amount of stuff caught by the filter, most of it is just settling to the bottom of the tank. If I reach in and disturb the substrate, a silt cloud takes over again. Do I just wait it out, or is there something else I can do? Thanks. Just wait, It takes time for a new tank to clear up. What's happening with your tank is natural.. Just be patient. > Just wait, It takes time for a new tank to clear up. What's happening with > your tank is natural.. Just be patient. Thanks for the advice - I'll sit tight. Sounds like you stirred up the sand. Fine calcium sand usually has lots of dusty particles in it. As bacteria grows it binds it, and causes it to not cloud up so easily. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com sclark wrote on 11/18/2006 4:25 PM: > I am just starting a tank - no fish or corals yet. I got everything > set up and running, then added 20 lbs of Garf's Grunge. For the next [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Do I just wait it out, or is there something else I can do? Thanks. |
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