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Hello all,
I have a question regarding my newly planted 60 gallon hex tank. I might
have done something wrong or things might just be normal. Here is what I
did. The tank was emptied about a week ago at a friends house and moved to
my house. He was growing plants in the tank with lots of success. I had
the stupid idea of adding fertilizer to the gravel. I added the product
made by tetra something hygro. It is in a yellow and green box. They also
make liquid products as well. I mixed the dirt-like substance into the
gravel. It got my hands pretty grey and muddy but I preceded to fill the
tank full of water. It was quite cloudy but I did not think to much of it
especially with an undergravel plate and all. The next morning, this
morning in fact the tank was still quite cloudy. The tank is a little
clearer tonight but I can hardly see the back of side of the tank when
looking through the water. The tank is running 2 powerheads and a biowheel
backfilter. All three are pretty good sizes and are at least enough or
more than the tank needs.
Do I wait longer or should I do a water change of about 40%?? Is this
cloudiness normal with fertilizers such as this product. The package has a
dirt like substance that was suppossed to be mixed in with the gravel and
then it contained about 4 tablets which were to be broken up and planted
with the plants. I did all of this and wonder why the cloudiness.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Joe Kleinert
Grand Valley Aquarium Club
kleinerj at river_it.gvsu.edu
joe_klei at grfn_org