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05-04-2007, 01:36 PM
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Big Fishy
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Very Cloudy Water
I bought 100 pounds of play sand and did not rinse it, this stuff really clouded up my tank I thought my skimmer would pull it out over night but it did not will it pull it out or am I stuck with soup?????????
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05-04-2007, 01:44 PM
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Shark
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when i put in my DSB a little while ago, it lasted about a week or so  give it some time, it will settle down.
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05-04-2007, 01:44 PM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
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Put on a canister filter to clean it up!
Brent. JMO
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05-04-2007, 03:21 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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For me it normally goes away in a day or two
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05-04-2007, 03:28 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Slap a mag 330 on it
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05-04-2007, 04:08 PM
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Professor Chaos
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a canister will polish it right away... or let your skimmer get it. just don't leave the canister on it. good catch brent!
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05-04-2007, 04:16 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Casey
Slap a mag 330 on it |
What is that and what will it do???
Also I see a film over the sand it looks like dust and that is what is making the water cloudy( I think)
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05-04-2007, 04:20 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Its a canister filter with a diatom cartridge the store I go to uses them for fast clearing of the water.
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05-04-2007, 04:28 PM
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Big Fishy
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it is a cartridge made for catchind diatoms??
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05-04-2007, 04:36 PM
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Eat more PIE
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No it is a filter to help clear your water it works very well and will filter out particles and haze to very small micron readings.
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05-04-2007, 05:19 PM
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Mommy Mod
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same thing happened to mine, took a couple days for everything to settle down  |
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05-05-2007, 08:00 AM
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Welcome to the Southdown Milkshake.
i would just let it settle for the next week or two. as bacteria colonize the grains they will get heavier and settle down.
you want to keep as much of the fines as possible if you are using a DSB. using a cannister filter will take these fines out.
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05-05-2007, 09:25 AM
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Reef Yahooligan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoff
Welcome to the Southdown Milkshake.
i would just let it settle for the next week or two. as bacteria colonize the grains they will get heavier and settle down.
you want to keep as much of the fines as possible if you are using a DSB. using a cannister filter will take these fines out.
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Far be it from me to even think about disagreeing....so I won't.
The additional benefit of the canister (beyond the fast clearing) is that all that fine stuff will then be OUT of the tank and not merely settled on and in the sand bed. (first time the powerhead suction cup fails and you are blowing that sand, it will settle quicker if you removed the fines now)
JMHO,
WG
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05-05-2007, 09:52 PM
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Big Fishy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoff
Welcome to the Southdown Milkshake.
i would just let it settle for the next week or two. as bacteria colonize the grains they will get heavier and settle down.
you want to keep as much of the fines as possible if you are using a DSB. using a cannister filter will take these fines out.
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Why are the fines benificial?
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05-05-2007, 09:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toniell
Why are the fines benificial?
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the finer the sand, the more surface area it has for biological stuff to colonize.
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