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    thoughts on using play sand

    Yes ....I stil have coralline on the overflows I can't get off....
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    thoughts on using play sand

    Here's my reply to that tanks only been running for 2 months but .why haven't I had any of them problems with my other tanks though cycling that's my ? Plus I did three water changes this week trying to clear it up!is the difference because it's a natural tank with live plants? Plants are...
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    thoughts on using play sand

    He has been telling me to turn off my sump and see if it clears up,and (me) no that can't be it!!!
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    thoughts on using play sand

    Oh no you just might have made my husband correct ...lol ...what are your thoughts on pool filter sand?
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    thoughts on using play sand

    I'm only using the dip sticks 0 nitrat O nitrit 150 hard 180 alkalinity 8.4 ph
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    thoughts on using play sand

    But wouldn't it have messed up the water from the get go..or is it just now seeping out all it's nasty? Plus should I let it go and just filter it out or get the sand out of there??? Pool sand is that better???????? This time of year with four kids there's not a lot of money to dump into the...
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    thoughts on using play sand

    Would like to say yes because I now better but NO I didn't...
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    thoughts on using play sand

    I cant seem to get my tank to clear up still ..I know everyone has givin me some awesome advice.Took out all the real drift wood added more carbin and filters added three times the amount of filter padding to my sump havnt been running metal halide at all ,water change upon water change,plus...
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    Yes I have a uv light was wondering if I shouldn't just hook that up...plus I cut my lighting way back I've only ran it for two hours for the past couple of days..no co2 I was using DIY one but don't have it running anymore ,I've put in Flourish and mircobe-lift ..hair algae has started = (...
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    Thank you ...you just made me feel so much better = ) ...everyone keeps telling me i shouldn't be doing a weekly water change and fifty percent is to much...but I'm basically doing fish in cycle so unless I want my fish to dye I'm doing my weekly water changes = )
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    Well my water looks like it has tiny particles everywhere .almost like its sand floating around but it's not,anyways I got brown algae everywhere I think it might be that in the water.I was hoping by changing the one filter pad it would pull it out of my water..I have a ton of bio balls for the...
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    Thank you all.Yesterday I tracked down some microbe lift and added ..left my MH lights off today .It does look worse today but still no signs of ammonia unless I got some bad testing strips,and now stinks like butt from the microbe-lift...hopefully it clears soon .plus changed my filter...
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    No I haven't tryed this ,trying to hunt down some microblift to see if that helps ...I use it on my ponds I need to get some more good Bactria going ...
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    Yes I have hard water out of my tap....I have big rocks and sand ....water has been cloudy for past two weeks .,even after water change...added marinland 400 just in hopes of it helping clear up from running more carbon... I've had tanks for past 20 years this is driving me nuts...about ready to...
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    Cloudy water about to throw in the towel

    180 gallon doing weekly water changes was doing 90 half water changes now only doing fifty tanks been running two months fish in cycle ...Seeded tank with my marineland canister.. cant seem to get my hardness down its off the charts and ph is running higher then I want 7.8.nitrate and nitrite...
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    You Know You Love Aquariums When.....

    You go out black Friday to get the fish sales!
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    tanks pearling but i dont think its good

    thank you so much I have plenty of reading to do i see and thanks for the links and letting me now what i need to get!!
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    tanks pearling but i dont think its good

    here is a link to a short video I took you can see how bad it is!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152028559934695&l=1818782345874449726
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    tanks pearling but i dont think its good

    180 gallon 3 x 150 watt HQI four 1 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow 470nm LED lamps Built in cooling fans 10,000K HQI Lamp True Actinic 03 Blue Power compact lamps turn on anywhere from 8:00 in morning till 8:00 or so at night recently add black water exstract and tetras Florapride running...
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    tanks pearling but i dont think its good

    I have a huge uv light I use for me koi ponds .I was thinking of hooking that up!
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