Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ZeeZee on March 25, 2014, 04:32:21 PM

Title: coral substrate
Post by: ZeeZee on March 25, 2014, 04:32:21 PM

I have a new tank with cruched coral as the substrate and a few reef rocks as decorations.  My tank is cloudy.  I have carbon in my filter.  I just took out the reef rocks this morning.  Could it be that the crushed coral is making my water cloudy? Tank has been set up only a few weeks with two fish in it.

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: danielratti on March 25, 2014, 04:55:13 PM

Did you rinse the crushed coral before you added it to the tank?

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: Ron on March 25, 2014, 05:40:12 PM

Was the tank cloudy before you took the rocks out?

How long was the tank/filter setup before you added fish?

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: ZeeZee on March 25, 2014, 05:58:18 PM

I rinsed it again and again and even rinsed it again though a strainer. Tank 125g and only a few wks old. Yes, the tank was cloudy before I took the reef rocks out.

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: danielratti on March 25, 2014, 07:24:55 PM

Sounds like a bacteria bloom... whats the water test at for ammonia nitrate nitrite

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: ZeeZee on March 25, 2014, 09:12:59 PM

I haven't checked it but I have charcoal and ammonia mechanical remover in filter. I have fx6 only filter on 125 but only has 2 fish in it right now. Will the fx6 handle that size tank after it is fully stocked?

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: danielratti on March 25, 2014, 09:40:33 PM

it should

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: Marty on March 26, 2014, 12:09:27 AM

Quote from: danielratti on March 25, 2014, 07:24:55 PM

Sounds like a bacteria bloom... whats the water test at for ammonia nitrate nitrite

I agree with Dan.  If the water was cloudy and you had just set this up I would suspect it was caused by dust from the gravel, but after a few weeks it would have settled or been filtered out by the fx6 by now.

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: jcunningham0295 on March 26, 2014, 08:15:16 AM

Come over and grab a couple of seeded sponges.  When my 125 had a bacteria bloom I threw in two sponges and it cleared up within a couple of days.

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: ZeeZee on March 27, 2014, 09:28:58 PM

I would love to get a few sponges to help. When is a good day for you? Thank you!

Title: Re: coral substrate
Post by: jcunningham0295 on March 27, 2014, 10:19:42 PM

Quote from: ZeeZee on March 27, 2014, 09:28:58 PM

I would love to get a few sponges to help. When is a good day for you? Thank you!

I should be around most of this weekend.  Send me a pm with what works for you.