New SW tank, dusty water for 2 days :(

jacob10

jacob10

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Hello all,
iam new to this great forum, i have a 275 litre tank, i added sand to it 2 days ago, water still dusty.. filter is running and i used EASYNEO to make the water clear but its still the same.. i turned off the filter now i thought maybe its movin the dusty water all over the tank, please advice :( thanks
 
spiderwoman

spiderwoman

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Welcome to SWF

What do you mean you added DUST to it 2 days ago?
What filter do you have, how much substrate and LR is in your tank?
 
jacob10

jacob10

Member
ops i meant sand
:D
my filter is Rena and i have 50 kilo of LR, i also have substrat in the filter in one layer
 
spanko

spanko

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Should start to clear up soon, as the bacteria colony starts to grow the sand particles will actually become "sticky". This is normal to have a sandstorm, let it sit for a while longer and it should settle down. You will be amazed when it does because all of a sudden your tank will be clear except for the air bubbles hanging around on everything. This too will go away. My concern here is that you have a layer of sand in the Rena and I wonder if it is adding to the dust storm?
 
jacob10

jacob10

Member
hey guys thanks for the response and the heads up :)
do u advice me to turn the filter back on ?
spanko: no i dont have sand layer, should i turn the filter on? because yesterday i turned it off for a couple of mins to check something and when i turned it back on i noticed that the water goin out of the filter was dusty for a min then it got clear again, thats why i turned it off in the first place i thought its mixin the sand with the water and ther eis no progress goin on
 
morval

morval

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inside ur filter there should be a filter pad. this will catch the dust in ur water so leave the filter on and rise out the pad every few days till the water is clear
 
spanko

spanko

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Originally Posted by Jacob10
http:///forum/post/2747158
hey guys thanks for the response and the heads up :)
do u advice me to turn the filter back on ?
spanko: no i dont have sand layer, should i turn the filter on? because yesterday i turned it off for a couple of mins to check something and when i turned it back on i noticed that the water goin out of the filter was dusty for a min then it got clear again, thats why i turned it off in the first place i thought its mixin the sand with the water and ther eis no progress goin on


Then what did this mean????
"i also have substrate in the filter in one layer"
 
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