stone1269
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Fx5 my tank is 150g
stone1269 said:Ok its been 3 wks and my water is clear but not crystal clear like I want!!! I'm so disappointed why do I still have this small bit of haze that just won't go away and its drivin me nuts!!
manbeast said:I put 50% blasting sand and 50% black floramax sand didn't bother rinsing either one, filled with a garden hose and fired up the fluval 304, couldn't see an inch into the tank at first, the only thing I did that I can see making a difference was I took the large foam pad from the sump on my fw 150 and wrung out the nasty to seed BB in the new set up, I don't know if it was the biofilm or what but the water cleared in @ 4hrs. perhaps the addition of some biologics from another set up might be just what you need to attach to the particles that are stiill floating around and weigh them down, sounds a little far fetched but it worked for me
Malawi Freak said:You're lucky you didn't burn out your filter. You should always rinse out sand before adding it to a tank, just think of all the crap that's trapped in it right now.
manbeast said:wasn't a problem at all, it cleared up very quickly and after a day or two I did check the filter and there was barely a trace of sand and on a fluval the impeller is top mounted with the water flow running bottom to top so any sand that might get in just sits at the bottom, easy peasy