Hey Guys,
New to the forums, hoping to get some advice!
I just got a new 36 gallon bowfront aquarium and decided I wanted to do a planted tank. I went to the LFS and got some Activ Flora substrate. I followed the directions on the bag and poured the contents of the bags into the tank. I then began to fill the tank with de-chlorinated water. I then added some quick start and stress zyme to the water. The water was noticeably cloudy, but the bag said it would go away in a few hours so I wasn't worried. Probably stupidly I ran my filter for a couple hours and I noticed the cloudiness start to disappear, but my filter was brown. I rinsed my filter and unplugged it and went to bed.
I woke up this morning to no improvement on the cloudiness and it has been about 16 hours since I set it up.
Couple questions:
Should I leave the filter on and just replace the bags to improve the cloudiness?
What about water clarifiers? Could a simple additive work?
Should I do a water change?
Any and all advice is appreciated!
New to the forums, hoping to get some advice!
I just got a new 36 gallon bowfront aquarium and decided I wanted to do a planted tank. I went to the LFS and got some Activ Flora substrate. I followed the directions on the bag and poured the contents of the bags into the tank. I then began to fill the tank with de-chlorinated water. I then added some quick start and stress zyme to the water. The water was noticeably cloudy, but the bag said it would go away in a few hours so I wasn't worried. Probably stupidly I ran my filter for a couple hours and I noticed the cloudiness start to disappear, but my filter was brown. I rinsed my filter and unplugged it and went to bed.
I woke up this morning to no improvement on the cloudiness and it has been about 16 hours since I set it up.
Couple questions:
Should I leave the filter on and just replace the bags to improve the cloudiness?
What about water clarifiers? Could a simple additive work?
Should I do a water change?
Any and all advice is appreciated!