Cali’s New Tank Thread!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 6/9/2022 at 9:05 AM, sweetpoison said:

So every time I want to move a plant or something in this aquarium it is going to do dust up like this and then take three days to clear up?  That is total BS😡 I washed this  sand FOREVER!

 

I’m so annoyed I just want to rip it all out😢

What type of sand did you use?

[sweetpoison]

Same sand  I always use ~ aquarium sand

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I used pool filter sand in mine. I'm not too good with the different types of sand, but I've heard that in general it just take time for the cloudiness to resolve itself.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I thought of something else. If you are just using coarse sponge in your HOB and your sponge filter, you may want to add filter floss to it also. I found that coarse only was not enough to keep my water clear. This is the stuff I use, in addition to my coarse sponge.

[sweetpoison]

I ordered it thank you so much!  I’m so tired of this my tank was all clear not very perfect but clear so I went into move stuff around again and now it’s a mess!

[sweetpoison]

On 6/9/2022 at 7:56 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I thought of something else. If you are just using coarse sponge in your HOB and your sponge filter, you may want to add filter floss to it also. I found that coarse only was not enough to keep my water clear. This is the stuff I use, in addition to my coarse sponge.

So it should be arriving tomorrow the filter floss. Do I take out my other sponges? Because I just have a tiny filter only a 20 gallon long

Edited June 14, 2022 by sweetpoison

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Leave in as much as you can if you’ve started to cycle the tank. Or change out just part of it if you haven’t added fish yet @sweetpoison

[sweetpoison]

Well I’ve been trying to cycle this thing for a week but I didn’t know how to throw in some ammonia. So I’m gonna do that right after I pop in the new filter plus. So should I take out my sponges and just use the filter floss because I’m going to add ammonia right after..