It's only a few days...I would give it a little while and a few more water changes.
It will settle down. Fluorite can be a tad dusty.
It will settle down. Fluorite can be a tad dusty.
Cloudy water
Hello all,
As I described in my other thread, I recently tore down my several year old 33 gallon planted tank to re-do it with new substrate, etc. I used flourite over a layer of peat. I tried to rinse the flourite as best as I could, but I must not have rinsed it well enough, because the water is still cloudy - it was Monday I changed the substrate, and it's now Thursday. I have an Aquaclear 200 on the tank, I was planning to upgrade it anyway, so tonight I added an Eheim 2213 cannister filter. I left the Aquaclear in place for the time being because after so drastically changing the tank I don't want to have another cycle - I will leave it on for at least a couple more weeks. Is this cloudiness normal - is it something I should be concerned about? Should I have capped the flourite with a layer of regular gravel, or is it fine by itself? Perhaps the cloudiness is from using the wrong kind of peat, or perhaps too much? There's a layer about 1/2 to 3/4" underneath the flourite - it's regular peat moss from Home Depot. I checked to be sure it didn't have any additives, etc., before putting it in the tank. Here's a pic of the way the tank looks now - added some more plants over the past couple of days. Thanks for your help!
Mike
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As I described in my other thread, I recently tore down my several year old 33 gallon planted tank to re-do it with new substrate, etc. I used flourite over a layer of peat. I tried to rinse the flourite as best as I could, but I must not have rinsed it well enough, because the water is still cloudy - it was Monday I changed the substrate, and it's now Thursday. I have an Aquaclear 200 on the tank, I was planning to upgrade it anyway, so tonight I added an Eheim 2213 cannister filter. I left the Aquaclear in place for the time being because after so drastically changing the tank I don't want to have another cycle - I will leave it on for at least a couple more weeks. Is this cloudiness normal - is it something I should be concerned about? Should I have capped the flourite with a layer of regular gravel, or is it fine by itself? Perhaps the cloudiness is from using the wrong kind of peat, or perhaps too much? There's a layer about 1/2 to 3/4" underneath the flourite - it's regular peat moss from Home Depot. I checked to be sure it didn't have any additives, etc., before putting it in the tank. Here's a pic of the way the tank looks now - added some more plants over the past couple of days. Thanks for your help!
Mike
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Wow, with an AC and a 2213 I would assume it should have cleared out faster than that. I guess it all depends on how much you rinse it. When I did my first tank I didn't rinse very well and it took about that long to clear up too. Have no fear, it will clear up in time..Mike_M said:
Matt
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