[APD] Re: Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 18, Issue 39

["Robert Flory" <wyogeo at astound_net>]

> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:20:00 -0500
> From: "Saturnbabi" <saturnbabi at comcast_net>
> Subject: [APD] Cloudy Water
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
>
> Ok, so I was horribly lazy the other day and decided that instead of
> carefully washing my fluorite gravel like I know I should I would just put
> it in my new tank and use my python to clean it.  So I added water, 
> cleaned
> the gravel (I can't believe how muddy and dirty it actually was) and
> repeated this several times.  When I thought I had done a decent job 
> washing
> it I filled the tank.  It was slightly muddy looking, but I thought it 
> would
> be OK once I turned on the filter (fluval with carbon, peat and biomax).
> The filter has now been running for 24 hours and it is so cloudy that I 
> can
> barely see the back of the tank (12 inches!).  I also noticed while 
> planting
> some plants that every time I disturb the gravel I get a nice cloud in the
> water.  Any suggestions?  Will time fix this or did my laziness curse me 
> to
> have to empty and reclean this gravel?  I suppose someday I will learn....
>
> LeeAnn

get some Acurel F  at one of friendly neighborhood pet stores.  Double dose 
and clean your filters every 8-12 hours.  It is a black water based 
flocculent.  You will see the tank clearing in hours with complete clearing 
overnight.   Just keep the filters from plugging as they will

When I switched one tank from sand to fluorite I drained 40% of the water, 
cleaned half the bottom and set the end of the bag of fluorite on the 
bottom, split the end and let it slowly slide. out, double dosed with Acurel 
F, cleaned the filters every 4 hours and had a relatively clear tank by bed 
time, crystal clear by morning.

It works as a tempory fix for green water while you are getting the ferts 
and CO2 back in line too.

Bob 


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