Tank Reorg = Ugly Water - Aquarium Advice

greenfish · 03-05-2006, 02:25 AM

I reorganized my tank tonight. When I did so, it kicked up a bunch of stuff that was hiding under the gravel. I did a 50% water change but there is still stuff floating around. The filter should get some of it out I'm sure overnight. Do you think I should give it another water change tomorrow just to be safe?

03-05-2006, 02:31 AM

nah... my water always gets cloudy after a water change or during aquascaping. It should clear up overnight.

greenfish · 03-05-2006, 02:35 AM

Cool. It has been a long time since I fussed with the layout of the tank. I guess it kind of shocked me how much mulm was hiding underneath stuff in the gravel.

greenmaji · 03-05-2006, 02:48 AM

Alot of it settles back down to the gravel IME. If you syphon under your ordements when you do your water changes this becomes much less of a problem. I usually do give a tank another water change 24hours later when this happens (usually one of my family members tanks

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greenfish · 03-05-2006, 03:05 AM

I don't usually move stuff around or lift things up when I gravel vac. I usually just vacuum around everything. Maybe I will need to change my ways to prevent a reoccurrence.

greenmaji · 03-05-2006, 03:30 AM

Well.. if you do your gravel vac in 24 hours let us know how much yuck you get out. IME is like its been a week since the gravels been vacumed after a rearange like that.

BTW.. Its good to see you posting greenfish.

greenfish · 03-07-2006, 01:41 AM

Well I did not get a chance to do a gravel vac & water change until today. I think you are right greenmaji. I vacuumed up a bunch of crud so at least a good chunk of it just settles to the bottom.

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BTW.. Its good to see you posting greenfish.

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greenmaji · 03-09-2006, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by greenfish

Well I did not get a chance to do a gravel vac & water change until today. I think you are right greenmaji. I vacuumed up a bunch of crud so at least a good chunk of it just settles to the bottom.

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Originally Posted by greenmaji

BTW.. Its good to see you posting greenfish.

Member since June 2004 and just over 400 posts. It might take me 10 more years to crack 5000 posts like you!

I think alot of people assume its cleaned up by their filter.. It's always good to know you got some extra NO3 causing gunk out of your tank though.. :P

You post so often (Not) I don't even have a clue what kind of fish are in your tank.. LOL :P

greenfish · 03-09-2006, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by greenmaji

You post so often (Not) I don't even have a clue what kind of fish are in your tank.. LOL :P

Right now I have Harlequin Rasbora, Sterbai Cory, Otto, & my new favorite a bristlenose (thanks Zezmo!). I have a big empty 55 sitting in my dining room that I am finally getting set up after a very long delay due to family issues. It will be a freshwater planted tank if I can get off my *bleep* and get it done. I am heading down to Arizona for spring training for a week and I keep telling myself that I will go full tilt on the new tank when I get back. I know once I get the plumbing done, I will be aching to fill it up and go plant/fish shopping.

greenmaji · 03-09-2006, 05:06 AM

Do you have some heapum lights and CO2 for that 55gal yet?

03-05-2006, 02:25 AM	#1
greenfish Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, California USA Posts: 533	Tank Reorg = Ugly Water I reorganized my tank tonight. When I did so, it kicked up a bunch of stuff that was hiding under the gravel. I did a 50% water change but there is still stuff floating around. The filter should get some of it out I'm sure overnight. Do you think I should give it another water change tomorrow just to be safe? __________________

03-05-2006, 02:35 AM	#3
greenfish Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, California USA Posts: 533	Cool. It has been a long time since I fussed with the layout of the tank. I guess it kind of shocked me how much mulm was hiding underneath stuff in the gravel. __________________

03-05-2006, 03:05 AM	#5
greenfish Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, California USA Posts: 533	I don't usually move stuff around or lift things up when I gravel vac. I usually just vacuum around everything. Maybe I will need to change my ways to prevent a reoccurrence. __________________

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03-05-2006, 02:31 AM	#2
Guest Posts: n/a	nah... my water always gets cloudy after a water change or during aquascaping. It should clear up overnight.

03-05-2006, 02:48 AM	#4
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	Alot of it settles back down to the gravel IME. If you syphon under your ordements when you do your water changes this becomes much less of a problem. I usually do give a tank another water change 24hours later when this happens (usually one of my family members tanks )

03-05-2006, 03:30 AM	#6
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	Well.. if you do your gravel vac in 24 hours let us know how much yuck you get out. IME is like its been a week since the gravels been vacumed after a rearange like that. BTW.. Its good to see you posting greenfish.

03-09-2006, 05:06 AM	#10
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	Do you have some heapum lights and CO2 for that 55gal yet?