06-06-2007, 10:07 PM
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| Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Milwaukee Age: 28
Posts: 74
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 |  Sump / Sand
So I made my own sump - check
Bought a pump - check
Made the plumbing - check
added crushed seashells and argonite for substrate - check
added my water - check
waited for sand and dust to settle - check
Turned on the pump and started overflow siphon.....
AHHHHHH all that dust from the new sand kicked up and completely clouded up my tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How bad is this for my inhabitants?? My anemones and corals look not happy. My inverts are ok and my fish have been hiding. Sump / fuge water is clear, skimmer seams to be doing its job, no microbubbles in the tank. Tank is still very cloudy after 2 hrs. Someone tell me this happens in nature every now and again and my tank will be fine. I am FREAKING OUT. _________ -R 2 maroon clowns, 3 bubble tip anemones, 3 emerald crabs, 1 coral banded shrimp, 12 astrea snails, 4 mexican turbo snails, 2 ricordia yuma, 2 purple mushroom ricordia, 2 small zoanthid frags, 8 red legged hermits, 1 flame scallop, 1 watchman goby, gonoporia, sun ployps, yellow polyps, star polyps, galaxea 29g bowfront, 10g sump, 20g fuge, 250W MH, 6 blue LED, 6 white LED, 2 65w power compact Actinic, DIY overflow / skimmer The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful  |
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