Cloudy water

[candygirl415]

I just filled up my new 29g last night after getting all my plants in place. I have potting soil/clay mix on bottom, then sand, then a very light layer of small river pebbles in most places. My water was a bit dirty/muddy at first from the soil and digging down to it to put in the plants. The sand stirred up a bit as water went in. I've been digging around and stirring somewhat as I fixed the layout of disturbed sand and added larger rocks and wood, but that's been done for a few hours now. I rinsed the sand pretty good, but now I am wondering if I didn't do it enough as the whole tank is still very cloudy. How do I get it to clear up if it doesn't do it on its own? Or how long should I give it to clear up before getting concerned that it hasn't? Is there something I can add to the water to clear it? I did use Start Right to condition the water and Start Zyme.

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[Aqueonevolve4]

It will clear up on its own within a week congrats I the dirt

 

[Sk3lly]

Yea its going to clear up. Try using filter floss in your filter. The finer particles in the water will simply pass through the ordinary sponges in filters


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[candygirl415]

My filter is filter floss. I'm glad to know its going to clear on its own.

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[Sk3lly]

Yea youll be fine. Just clean your floss out regularly to prevent it clogging if theres a lot of particulates in the water


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[candygirl415]

I took your advice. Did a small water change and swished out the filter. WOW! I'll post a pic soon of the progress so far.

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[Sk3lly]

I took your advice. Did a small water change and swished out the filter. WOW! I'll post a pic soon of the progress so far.

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Wow as in better i hope?? Water changes will defo clear a tank also.

Remember once floss or the sponges clogg they become pretty useless.


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[candygirl415]

Wow as in how much dirt came off when I swished it. It didn't even look that dirty.

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[Sk3lly]

Yea they need to be cleaned regularly. The sponges in a filter are there simply to catch dirt and debris, they wont actually clean.

Think of it as a trash can or 'bin' seeing as im english lol. It will collect the waste but you still gotta empty it


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[candygirl415]

Yeah, I had been doing that on my other at water changes. This just surprised me cause it was barely over 24 hrs. It didn't look like I had stirred up THAT much dirt getting the plants in. The water looked more like sand stir up, but the filter was all dirt!

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[Sk3lly]

Surprising isnt it. My tank is literally all plants yet my sponges are filthy!


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[candygirl415]

This where i'm at so far. There's still wood, moss, moss balls, cholla, a floating dock and wisteria to be transferred. Its a little clearer.

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[Sk3lly]

Looking good. What fish will be in there?


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[candygirl415]

I have 6 african dwarf frogs, 6 ghost shrimp, and at least 6 red cherry shrimp. I had 9 rcs but Idk if they are all still there. I ordered some more though. I might in the future get a female beta or an otto cat. I'm happy with my frogs and shrimp. Love my frogs!

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