Tex
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all. I just joined and posted a message in the Welcome Wagon forum.
So this is my first real question. I purchased from a LFS a 100 gallon rectangular tank with glass top and stand. I set it up and filled it with tap water, put aargonite sand and some old crushed coral in the bottom. I have several powerheads running to circulate the water and a 350 gph cannister installed and running. I carefully measured out the salt and mixed it in the tank (a definite no-no when animals are there). I have some temporary cheapie lights on it. It's been running since Saturday. The water is still really really cloudy. I would've thought the water would be clear by now. At first I thought it was billions of tiny entrained air bubbles but they would've started to go away by now. Now I think there is some kind of very very fine chalky substance causing the cloudiness. Should I have rinsed the sand first? Is there something else I did wrong or something I can do to clear up the water? I can easily drain and refill if necessary.
Thanks!
So this is my first real question. I purchased from a LFS a 100 gallon rectangular tank with glass top and stand. I set it up and filled it with tap water, put aargonite sand and some old crushed coral in the bottom. I have several powerheads running to circulate the water and a 350 gph cannister installed and running. I carefully measured out the salt and mixed it in the tank (a definite no-no when animals are there). I have some temporary cheapie lights on it. It's been running since Saturday. The water is still really really cloudy. I would've thought the water would be clear by now. At first I thought it was billions of tiny entrained air bubbles but they would've started to go away by now. Now I think there is some kind of very very fine chalky substance causing the cloudiness. Should I have rinsed the sand first? Is there something else I did wrong or something I can do to clear up the water? I can easily drain and refill if necessary.
Thanks!