I have just set up my new 20 gallon long fishtank with UGF, 30 Gallon powerhead, three fake plants, heater and three rocks...
To say that the water is cloudy is a big streatch, but I can see a bunch of what I would call "dust" in the tank. I have had the tank running for three days now and haven't added fish yet. I'm in no hurry as I want to make sure that I do this right so should I:
a) wait it out and let the water clear up doing a 10% water change in the next day or so
b) pull out all of the water, scrub the rocks and plants and refill (boy this will be a pain)
It looks as if I didn't clean up one of the rocks and it was dusty, although I'm sure this didn't happen as I cleaned all of the rocks.
Any advice?
<JoJo>
Posted
Did you use gravel rocks in the bottom? If so, those would need to be cleaned before using. You can rinse them several times with a sprayer in a colander. I hope this helps.
<Jason>
Posted
Hi, I see your probleme and you can clean your tank but even after you will see cloudy water but to fix that, go to petco-petsmart and buy a red chemical called (ACURELF) its a small clear bodle with red formula inside and add 3 drops per gallon i just do a quarter of the container every 75 gallons. IT WORKS oh and dont use in salt water