Big Problem!!!!

mhhauser

mhhauser

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Jan 10, 2006
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So i just started my 10gal aquarium

this is all i have done

i pre-washed my bag of flourite and then put it in the tank and leveled it the way i wanted it. When i poured the water in i put something down to stop it from screwing up my gravel but unfortunatley that didn't work so well and it got screwed up. After that i had the filter on and i added some stress coat.

My water was brown all night yesterday then i woke up today and it was pretty clear but my gravel wasn't level, When i went to fix my gavel the whole tank just reverted to its first state of brown and murkey.

I don't know how to fix this problem, should i wait untill it gets clear again and then try to fix it then wait even longer.

or is their a better way

p.s i would really like my gravel to be level
 
chefkeith said:
That's typical of flourite. It will go away after gravel vacing or 2.
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Agreed. And be careful when rearranging the tank. It's easy to stir it up.
 
Im guessing that you didnt rinse the flourite enough. I rinsed my flourite enough so that it only caused slight cloudiness which went away in a few hours and disturbing it doesnt cause further cloudiness. You cant over-rinse flourite can you?
 
The lfs said yes, you can over rinse it, when I asked.
I did the same thing with my flourite, yep is clouded the water something fierce and everytime I rearranged anything another cloud..

The fish come through fine. (At that time I even had rams in the tank!)
Cathy
 
You can wash flourite till the cows come home,itl still put up a cloud.
Happened with me,but i didnt wanna take it all out and wash it agian..so left it and it cleared up nicely.
 
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