ngericke Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Just setting up my 10g nano tonight rinsed and added the sand (CaribSea) then added the water Now I have a milky tank with some frothy foam on top I put on a HOB but the sand kept clogging up the impeller Shall I just be patient and let things settle or should I do something? Link to comment
Raise Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 you could probably shorten the intake tube on your HOB to lessen the sand in the impeller... I know my penguin has a two piece tube which i have shortened. Link to comment
Raise Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 hmm, id just wait it out then. Not much else can go wrong.Have any LR to put in? Link to comment
ngericke Posted April 13, 2003 Author Share Posted April 13, 2003 No LR yet I was gonna go get it Monday Link to comment
jdiver Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I suggest shutting the HOB off. Without any current it should settle within a day or two, and there's really no reason for any current without anything in there anyway. For future reference when you add sand, add the sand first, then put a bowl in the tank on the sand and pour the water slowly into the bowl. The water will overflow and trickle down the sides of the bowl, minimizing the stirring up of the sand. Good luck! Link to comment
ngericke Posted April 13, 2003 Author Share Posted April 13, 2003 Update 4 hours now and no better I took the HOB off and turned off the ph to the fuge So now I guess I will just wait and see what it looks like in the morn Thanks Link to comment
duckhuntboy Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 shut off the HOB, and give it a couple days, not hours. I'm 100% sure it will clear up. Everyone's tank goes through that. Link to comment
Pikelet Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Don't worry about it. If and when you add and arrange your live rock you're going to milk it up again. It can take days to clear but its all part of the fun. Those fines are good to keep in the sand - lots of surface area for denitrifying bacteria. Link to comment
ngericke Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 Still a bit cloudy but going down I turned off the ph to the fuge and that seem to help I was at a shop today and she had some really good looking roch for $5 LB so I picked up bout 12 pounds of it. So little less than $5 cause she charged me $50 Link to comment
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