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  1. Dustin75

    Dustin75 Fire Shrimp

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    I am in the process of setting up my 150 gallon tank, and have run into a problem. I bought some Meridian Aquarium Substrate and rinsed it with about 4 gallons of water per bag. This apparently was nowhere close to being enough water. The tank is so cloudy that the visibility is about an inch. Can any one recommend a good device for polishing the water. I added the sand on Friday and I've seen no improvement at all. Here are two options I come up with:

    1. http://www.petsolutions.com/HOT-Magnum-Canister-Filter+I47490134+C20.aspx
    or

    2.http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/Carbon-and-Phosphate-Remover-GFO-Media-Bags-&-Reactors/c109_85/p678/BRS-Single--GFO-and-Carbon-Reactor/product_info.html but use a sediment filter 1 or 5 micron instead of the GFO chamber

    Any thoughts on either one?

    Thanks
     
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  2. defdad

    defdad Fire Shrimp

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    I'm not familiar with either one of those. I set up a new tank this weekend and didn't have a problem with the sand, but I added carbon to a filter sock in my sump and didn't rinse it well and my water turned black. I have a canister filter from a previous setup and ran that and within a few hours the water was pretty clear and this morning it is completely clear. On my previous tank I had a sand storm when I set it up and had the canister on it and it cleared up pretty quickly.
     
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  3. Dustin75

    Dustin75 Fire Shrimp

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    I had a canister with the micron filter in it but it has since been retired (broke). It worked well but, it did not last long.
     
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  4. barbianj

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  5. AZDesertRat

    AZDesertRat Giant Squid

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    I never rinse my sand since its the fines that make a good deep sand bed.
    I do have an old Aquarium Systems System 1 diatom filter but rarely use it. Seed the sand with a few cups of live sand from friends tanks and the bacteria will take off like crazy. Once the bacteria coats the sand it will drop like a rock.
     
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  6. Tbstr3

    Tbstr3 Skunk Shrimp

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    all you can do is wait probably stirred it up to much when adding water
     
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  7. Dustin75

    Dustin75 Fire Shrimp

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    I guess I could add some sand from one of my other tanks and see what happens. This dust storm just does not seem to want to quit.
     
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  8. horkn

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    Yeah, adding some live sand from a friends tank would be the best bet. Give it a couple days with that and I bet you will be happy with the results.
     
    horkn, Oct 13, 2009
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