I think I am going to NOT use the clarifier that came with eco complete. I have ZERO cloudiness, does that mean I am lucky, or did something wrong, LOL. I read a few other threads regarding the clarifier, and it seems that very few people use it. Any one want to chime in about this?
75 gallon Planted Office Tank Journal
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ya if you are going to be adding substrate no big deal about water, but for breaking down tank i sort of get as much water out as possible the gravel then movie the tank out side and dump it not really all that easily for bigger tanks so towels would work better. not sure if that packets thay have with the eco-complete do anything really but it's probably not a pig deal.
This is how I got every last drop of water out before adding eco-complete. The reason I wanted this water out, it was kinda nasty. There was some saw dust, dirt, maybe even some very fine paint chips? I could feel it on bottom of tank, but couldn't really see it. I rubbed the tank with my hand, loosened it up, and then used that lid there to scoop water into the bucket. It actually went pretty fast, and I took about 2.5 gallons out of this nasty water.
Here are pictures from adding the eco-complete and filling up the tank.
Here are pictures from adding the eco-complete and filling up the tank.
Looking good so far!
I recently re-'scaped my tank and used eco complete. I didn't use the clarifier packets either. You shouldn't need them since you're filling the tank with the python. I refill my tank with a five gallon bucket, which tends to stir everything up a lot more.
Can't wait to see more!
opcorn:
I recently re-'scaped my tank and used eco complete. I didn't use the clarifier packets either. You shouldn't need them since you're filling the tank with the python. I refill my tank with a five gallon bucket, which tends to stir everything up a lot more.
Can't wait to see more!
opcorn:Well, I just started a small tank with AS:Amazonia I and there was a note about cloudiness especially if the flow hit the substrate. There was massive cloudiness but that resolved itself within a couple days - not sure if it was from the AS or bacterial bloom.
Yes, just bought them. 4 males, 4 females. I hooked up the seeded eheim 2217, brought a piece of driftwood from my kids tanks, and hopefully with the seeded media, eco-complete goo, driftwood, and fish producing waste, this tank will be a good way through its cycle.
Tank is very dark now that it's filled, but lights won’t be in until Tuesday.
Tomorrow I will test water parameters, and take some more pics.
I have decided that my original assessment of the 2217 was little too generous on the "totally silent" comment. It is very quiet, but not silent. Certainly within the cabinet, and with the office noise, I will never hear the thing running. But it's not literally silent. Noise is also increased if there are pockets of air trapped inside, and I haven’t totally settled on the best method. It almost seems that totally emptying the 2217 of water, then hooking it up to inflow, opening outflow and letting water shoot out for a second before hooking it up to the spray bar, works best. I have not had luck getting rid of air pockets when I try priming with a mostly full canister filter.
Nothing too much for tomorrow, maybe some pics of the fish in a rather bare and dark tank. Next week is going to be busy though, stay tuned.
