Cloudy water...again.

[Iron Crab]

Hi guys, Well my tank was clear this morning. tonight I was putting in some PVC pipes as a support for the liverock and instant dust storm. I now have a large dinner plate on the bottom with a pump hooked up to a whole house sediment filter. How do you guys keep your water looking good when it seems all you have do is look at it to stir it up. I was going to drain the tank and start over but with our well I don't really want to do that. Is this normal? I'm using South Down sand. Thanks, Bill

[BTL]

How old is your tank? my tank did this for about the first two months i had it set up, now everything is fine. I think my hermit crabs did a good job of pulling all of that loose sediment out of the very topmost layer of the sediment. occasionally i will still get a dust storm when i do something that disturbs the lower reaches of my DSB but i try to avoid doing that

Andy

[Iron Crab]

Hi Andy, Should have mentioned. The tank is brand new. I put the water in over a three day period last week. Just got the heat up tonight and was going to add the salt. I don't think the house filter is going to work. Looks like the filter on it might be clogging up. The water looks like milk. Bill

[BTL]

oh yeah, milk, i remember that all to well. Well get your LR in there and kicking, run some carbon and sit back and wait. It will take 2-3 weeks. I think it took two weeks for my tank to fully clear up. Just for sh*ts and giggles i tested my KH when it was all milky, i got a 33, it is pretty much just very fine calcium particles and i think the LR eats alot of that up, i know my corraline grew like crazy.

Good luck man, stick with it.

Andy

[Iron Crab]

Okay, will do. I'll also get out of the panic mode. Thanks for the quick come back. Bill