I didn't rinse my Fluorite...

[Inglorious]

Thank you, considering my tank is still cycling, is it ok for me to rinse the media in tank water?

That would be the best way, especially since you're tank in still in the early stages of cycling, you'll be a lot less likely to kill off all your BB that way.

 

[glock115]

This tank has gone from bad to worse. The vortex filter I ordered arrived today and I couldn't get the **** thing primed, white powder got expelled all over the inside of the tank.
I finally had enough, emptied the whole tank and probably spent 2 hrs rinsing the Fluorite.
What a major pain in the ***, I'm exhausted, feel bad for the poor fish.

 

[Riiz]

Next time, load a filter with filter floss and use some Seachem Clarity, its clears the water really fast.

 

[glock115]

Thanks for the suggestion but I did both and neither worked

 

[psusaxman2000]

On the upside, it's clean now and it's one of those mistakes that you'll never make again. Can't wait to see the tank setup with something more than chocolate milk.

Kenny

 

[bitbot]

Unfortunately, I already have fish in there. That pic was taken probably 5 days ago and since then I have been siphoning the gravel but the water is still very murky. It seems like I can stick the siphon into the same spot over and over and and always pull up a dark plume.

I would suggest you avoid disturbing the 'gravel' - there is no need to do this at this stage, if ever, and you will keep clouding the water.

 

[bigwater]

Stick with it. In the end you will have a sweat tank. Take your time.

 

[glock115]

Thanks for the support gentleman, I have another question. I basically did a 100% change yesterday, today I tested my water and my ammonia is a 2.0, how could that be?

 

[bitbot]

Have you checked the ammonia level of water straight out of the tap?

 

[glock115]

No, good idea, I'll test that today