Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I have a ten gallon tank that has been crystal clear and I just put in a new powerhead, and now the tank is cloudy and looks like crud, the powerhead is not stirring up sand or anything, the water is fine and all of my test show that its fine, so why would it be cloudy? Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Did you wash off the powerhead with clean hot water first? Sometimes there are manufacturing residue/oils on the parts from the factory. Also, what type of powerhead? Describe the "cloudiness" a bit better: milky white or lots of floating sediment, is there residue sticking to the glass, etc. May just be a coincidental event. "When in doubt: DILLUTE" A partial water change couldn;t hurt. Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 milky white and no I didn't clean the powerhead, totally forgot to, it one I got a petsmart for 22 bucks it selfrotates. Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Originally posted by Chrash236 selfrotates. That took me a minute...SELF-ROTATES. Powersweep, then? Milky white: 1. Do you have southdown substrate? 2. Do you dose anything? If so, how? 3. Is anything crusting the sides of the tank, or does the surface of your substrate/rock have anything accumulating on it? Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Have no idea what southdown substrate is? I does with kent marine liquid ca everyday 1 teaspoon nothing on the side of the tank except alge and it was there before, snails are so lazy Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Substrate: Sand. What type of sand do you have on the bottom. Have you tested your calcium and pH? What were the readings? Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Aw I have 15 lbs of live sand, and yes the calcium and ph are fine its just cloudy Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Are you sure it's not from detritus or the top layer of snad getting stirred up? How does your livestock look? Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 great everything is fine, could it just be a weird thing that happened I am going to go home for lunch and look at it if its still cloudy I am going to do a 20% water change. Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Ahh found out what it was my bubble tip anenome got suck up the filter and grinded up, it was nasty but the water is getting back to normal. I did a 20% water change at lunch and I will see what happens today. I only mad that I just bought the anenome for like 50 bucks and now its dead. Maybe the little pieces I can’t find will grow new ones and I can sell them and make a fortune. Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Should have done a little more reading on anemone-tank-prep. It's VITAL to have all powerheads protected with foam blocks to avoid just this problem. Also shouldn;t have any heaters in the display tank to avoid them attaching and burning themselves before they can remove their foot. Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 so where do you place the heater? I only have the tank and the penguin 170. no sump Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Heater can go in a larger hang-on. Look for a smaller heater. What type of lighting do you have? Link to comment
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