sooooo cloudy???

[mamie]

ok so my 55 gallon is up and running since about 8ich last night, it's now 11am and it's still very cloudy I did put some stability chemical stuff as told by specialist at a store called fin that's all they have is freshwater fish nothing else in the store.
This is what I did

Came home soaked my new sand in cold and warm water for about 1 hour swooching it around often and letting the water just go through it. I then put the sand in the tank and added the previous tank water to it This is not new water it's old from the tank and some from my 30 gallon. I also kept some of the aquarium rocks that they had to keep some bacteria. I've noticed that the tank is clearer then last night but not much....the filter is on good and it is sucking up as I find dirt in the little cracks.

 

[mfdrookie516]

why did you put tank water in it? it could be cloudy if all you did was soak the sand, if you dont repeatedly rinse it removing the dirty water each time you "swoosh" it around, it doesnt clean it as good...

 

[mamie]

I used the old tank water to be able to reproduce what they had as less a shock on the fish and to keep some bacteria also, I did rinse the sand maybe I didn't express it right. I did go to the store and they told me because of it being new sand, it will take a day or two to get better

 

[ezy33]

IME use Activated Charcoal in your filter, it will polish the water making it clear. It will probably clear up on it's own in a few days.

 

[factorboa]

if u have that problem then = another answer i did that once with my old tanks when i was a begginer it will clear in 3-7 days

 

[mamie]

thanks guys can't wait to see it nice and clear to be able to add live plants. in my 30gallon, I couldn't put any live plants my gold fish would eat it