cloudy tank

[evilss]

hello,
i have just chenged my tank from cc to dsb. it has been done for over a week and its still cloudy. is there anyting that i can do to help it ? it was all settled but when i started runnin my filtration it got alittle cloudy again. if you have any suggestions i would appreciate them. thanks

 

[jedininja]

Just give it time. Things will eventually settle down. Just make sure you watch your water parameters during this stage.

 

[alti]

it will settle in when the bacteria starts to coat it. give it a few more days and make sure the filter is not pointing at the sand anywhere. if you have lr it should help.

 

[evilss]

thanks guys. i cleaned my filters yesterday. they had some sand on them. i didnt clean it real good just alittle so not to destroy all the bacteria.

 

[aarone]

Whenever i switched from CC to DSB my tank stayed cloudy for alont time. The way i finally got it clear was to use a cut up rag in my filter media. The rag will collect all of the sand, as opposed to the Carbon (or whatever you use) just blocking it. After the tank is complete just clean out the filters and take out the rags. HTH