powerhead running while sand settles
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flower
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Originally Posted by Yogoshio http:///t/388884/powerhead-running-while-sand-settles#post_3432636
To help keep the surface cleared up I have a powerhead aimed at the surface to knock out that foam while the dust settles. is there anything else I can do to help the process?
Turn off the power head while the sand settles. First the sediment will clog up the PH, and second a PH just keeps the water stirring. Wait it out and after all has settled run you filters and the power heads.
Originally Posted by Yogoshio http:///t/388884/powerhead-running-while-sand-settles#post_3432636
To help keep the surface cleared up I have a powerhead aimed at the surface to knock out that foam while the dust settles. is there anything else I can do to help the process?
Turn off the power head while the sand settles. First the sediment will clog up the PH, and second a PH just keeps the water stirring. Wait it out and after all has settled run you filters and the power heads.
1guydude
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im the other way around. I run my filters and powerheads when dumping the sand just cuz i think it clears up quicker that way. One way of avoiding that is dumping the sand in 1st and than taking a dinner plate or something to dump the water on not to disturb the sand bed....im gonna try that next.
yogoshio
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Well, I've tried both, and neither seems to make it faster. One question though, if I try and set up my sump, will that be a mistake since I'll have sandy milk and crazy flow from the return pump? Or would it help since there would be more volume to the system to help it disperse?
snakeblitz33
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Get everything running and turned on.
I did wait for the sand to settle in one tank that I set up before I turned anything on, and then when I turned everything on, it just blew the sand around some more, and made it all "milky" again. I just let it settle with the filters going. It seems to go faster that way for me.
I did wait for the sand to settle in one tank that I set up before I turned anything on, and then when I turned everything on, it just blew the sand around some more, and made it all "milky" again. I just let it settle with the filters going. It seems to go faster that way for me.
flower
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I think the filter sock would actually help a bit. I don't run power heads while the sand settles but after a few hours I have run my filters and it helps. A filter sock is easy enough to clean up after it's all clear, so I would use it.
Nothing works as good as a canister filter for clearing away the milky way on a new tank. I have used one on each of my tanks at startup, and then took my time setting up the sump system. However I had two canisters sitting around....I call them my emergency life support. So I figure a filter sock would act the same way, catching the tiny floating particles.
Nothing works as good as a canister filter for clearing away the milky way on a new tank. I have used one on each of my tanks at startup, and then took my time setting up the sump system. However I had two canisters sitting around....I call them my emergency life support. So I figure a filter sock would act the same way, catching the tiny floating particles.
1guydude
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+1 flower....also ur heater is to deep! Ive got one of those fluval heaters and it has a range of water height on the heater right below the top controller part. Honestly im having problems with mine i think and need a new one and a new temp prob too!
Congrats on fillin her up! We love pics!
Congrats on fillin her up! We love pics!
yogoshio
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So, everything had settled down, so I started my rockscaping and breaking down my old tank, and then while adding the sand from my old tank, it's just as cloudy as was initially. So now my clownfish is in a bucket, and I'm scared to put him in. All my water (safe the refuse after it was stirred up) is in the new tank, which is loaded with twice as much pre-cured LR I got from a friend who runs a LFS that was already coated in corraline. Is it safe for me to acclimate him to the cloudiness? He's been in the bucket for 2 hours, seems perfectly content, no twitching or scurrying, but how much longer can I wait???
yogoshio
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Ok, crisis averted, and after just staying up much later than anticipated (about 1-ish) the water settled back down, and I was able to put in Jim (clownfish) and my critters. I took pics this morning. First two are with the blue LEDs, third is with T5 and actinic on, and fourth is Jim (clownfish) in his hideaway spot with lower flow, lol.
flower
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I thought this was a new tank.
Using stirred up established sand is very risky. You really need to tell us your full plans or you end up with iffy advice that might not work.
When you stir up established sand you can release toxins, that means that the water now has the toxins in it. You should have done a huge water change and run carbon to be sure no toxins were in the tank. Rinsing the sand in saltwater would also have helped. Oh well what's done is done.
If your fish is still alive this morning then no toxins were in the water to worry about in the first place. There is more to redoing or reusing stuff like sand from an established tank, then worrying about a cycle.
I hope Jim the clown fish is alive and well....in spite of the mess up. I do like the rock work.
When you stir up established sand you can release toxins, that means that the water now has the toxins in it. You should have done a huge water change and run carbon to be sure no toxins were in the tank. Rinsing the sand in saltwater would also have helped. Oh well what's done is done.
If your fish is still alive this morning then no toxins were in the water to worry about in the first place. There is more to redoing or reusing stuff like sand from an established tank, then worrying about a cycle.
flower
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Originally Posted by Yogoshio http:///t/388884/powerhead-running-while-sand-settles#post_3433307
Jim's fine, and I did rinse the sand before I added it to the tank. I also was running high carbon in the canister before I did the changeover for a bout a week.
Whew...you really need to let us know what your doing or we give you bad advice thinking the wrong thing...things could have gone very differently.
Originally Posted by Yogoshio http:///t/388884/powerhead-running-while-sand-settles#post_3433307
Jim's fine, and I did rinse the sand before I added it to the tank. I also was running high carbon in the canister before I did the changeover for a bout a week.
Whew...you really need to let us know what your doing or we give you bad advice thinking the wrong thing...things could have gone very differently.
