Eco-Complete Question!

[The_Wolfman]

Hey I put in 2 bags of Eco-Complete earlier today in my 28 gallon aquarium and it clouded up the water big time, I was wondering, how long does it take for the water to clear up? Also, is it ok for live plants to be in the tank while the water clears? Because I bought quite a few today and already put them into the tank

[rich311k]

Eco usually does not cloud, it should settle quickly.The plants will be fine.

[The_Wolfman]

its been about 4 hours now and it seems like its starting to settle...does that sound normal?

[rich311k]

Sounds good. It should settle out within 24 hours.

[The_Wolfman]

Ok cool thanks! :thm:

[The_Wolfman]

Hey the Eco-Complete started settling so me and my girlfriend went ahead and rearranged some of the plants and its dirty again...does this mean everytime i have to siphon or mess around with the bottom of the tank its going to be cloudy...its kind of a bummer :headshake2:

[rich311k]

This is odd Eco should not do that. I have it in my 75 and it has never clouded even when I first filled the tank. I move things all the time with out any problems. Where did you buy this stuff?

[Nolapete]

It takes a little while for the small particles of dust to get filtered out. Give it time.

[The_Wolfman]

lol ok that sounds better i mean its barely been 24 hours so i guess over time all of the crud will filter out...i ordered it from drfostersmith.com

[Nolapete]

I have the same in mine and it doesn't dust or cloud at all now.

[crimsonmoon]

is eco complete a sand or gravel or something in between?

[The_Wolfman]

hey nolapete how long did it take for your eco-complete to filter out everything? Im hoping not to much longer so i can finish fixing it up and then start cycling it...

eco-complete is defiantly a mix between big gravel looking particles to very small particles, i purchased it for my plants because of all the benefitical stuff it contains and it looks very natural!

[st0l1]

I haven't had any issues with Eco-Complete Planted clouding...so thats weird. This was a new tank set-up right? How does the tank look now? When the Eco-Complete was in the bag did the liquid look milky or anything? Because I remember at one point Carib-Sea had a manufacturing issue and pumped out a bunch of bad bags...

Also Eco-Complete comes in a couple different forms: Planted Black, Planted Red, Cichlid Gravel, Cichlid Ivory Coat, and Cichlid Sand.

[rocker92]

did you wash the gravel???

[st0l1]

did you wash the gravel???

It is not necessary to rinse Eco-Complete Planted before use...you just dump it in and go.

[Mr.Newb]

I have the same problem.

I added the eco-complete yesterday, and everytime i try to arrange the plants, the tanks become cloudy. :( bummer

I am new to this hobby

[DarrylR]

I used about 2 bags of Eco-Complete on my 29 gallon tank...Unsightly larged rocks/pebbles so I sifted it out until the small grains remained. And I just dumped both bags into the 29 gallon. It did not cloud but settled pretty quickly. Also Eco-Complete actually has live beneficial bacteria.