Cloudy water - new tank setup? 's

[scramer74]

Hi Guys,

Setup my basic 29gal yesterday. I didn't rinse out the charcoal filters that came stock with the filter. I removed those, but still pretty cloudy. How long does that usually take to clear up? Should I run the filter, power head at all?

I put chemi pure and purgligen in the filter.

Sorry I'm definitely a newbie!

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[rdnelson]

It will settle out. I buy dead sand and rinse it well to avoid that but it won't hurt anything. Did you go with a canister filter? I started with one and got rid of it after only a few months. Hated it.

 

[shrimpy brains]

If you just set it up yesterday, the cloudiness could be from sand or the salt mix(assuming you didn't premix)

What type of filter are you running?

 

[dvu006]

itll clear out. did a clearing solution come with the sand?

 

[atlweb]

Usually takes 2-3 days depending on the type of sand you use and what the flow in the tank is. Should clear up and in another month be good for livestock.

 

[crew]

Like others have said, it will clear up. I wouldn't worry about it at all.

I recently started my tank as well - On day 1 my tank looked just like yours. Here I am 10 days later.

 

[dball711]

Hey I like your rock work, looks good. Like others have said it will clear so don't worry it will be clear in a couple of days. Yes run your filter and always rinse the charcoal or whatever media your going to use. What size is that powerhead, looks kind of big?

 

[scramer74]

Thanks everyone! I'm just sticking with the basics right now. I'm just running a deep blue filter. The tank is actually only a 20gal.

 

[redstang]

FWIW, I'd pull the purigen and chemi-pure until the cycle is complete. Just wasting $ putting those in now. Run mechanical filtration like a filter pad to help clear it up. Have to change/rinse it often though.

 

[crew]

Mechanical filtration will certainly speed things along, but the tank will settle on it's own without any filtration if you give it time. I'm not running anything on my tank - no carbon, no filter socks, no skimmer, etc. Like stang said though, I wouldn't bother with the purigen or chemi yet.

 

[scramer74]

ok gotcha! I was running nothing but pads the other day, and I guess I was just getting inpatient Things are clearing up a bit, but then I decided to move the rock around which clouded it up again. Thanks guys, you rock!!