Re: cloudy water

[Scott]

What type of polyester batting do you suggest? That might help me identify
which stores would carry this product. I am having the same problem with
cloudy water...

Because there's no room in my filter, I was thinking about stuffing the
intake 'pipe' with some batting... Would this work?

Thanks


> wrote in message
...
> cloudy water (white, pearly, shifting) is the biobugs looking for a home.
It can be
> due to too many fish, too little water and too little biobug media, big
increases in
> food, spawning, adding something that slimes the media, not washing the
filter
> properly, like washing in untreated tap water (city), too vigorously, not
enough, pH
> drop, temp drop, salt or ?? too high, bad dechlor, insufficient minerals
or adding
> chemicals that kill the biobugs like antibiotics.
> Most people find stuffing their filter with some polyester batting clears
things up
> pretty fast. Dropping in a heater to steady the temp helps a lot.
> Water changes and chemicals dumped into the water almost never "fixes" the
problem
> long term.
> Ingrid
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[[email protected]]

walmart fairfield brand, no antimicrobials or fire retardants.
not the intake. and dont stuff tightly, it will slow the water flow. Ingrid

"Scott" > wrote:

>What type of polyester batting do you suggest? That might help me identify
>which stores would carry this product. I am having the same problem with
>cloudy water...
>
>Because there's no room in my filter, I was thinking about stuffing the
>intake 'pipe' with some batting... Would this work?
>
>Thanks


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[D&M]

I had a cloud prob in a 90g tank for months. Used floculants and floss,
nothing worked. Had two filters running, Emperor 400, and Fluval 304.

I bought a HOT. In the first couple hours, the tank was cleaner than it ever
was, next day, polished like the first day I set it up. Ran it for another
two days, and removed from the tank, been crystal clear ever since. Whenever
I clean the tank, I pop the HOT for a while in to catch any free floating
debree, other than that, I either move it to another tank to polish, or it
sits in storage. Filters are fairly easy to clean with a regiment of soaking
in bleach, then in clean water for a day, rinsing and sun drying or
decloring with declor to get rid of the bleach.


"Scott" > wrote in message
.. .
> What type of polyester batting do you suggest? That might help me
identify
> which stores would carry this product. I am having the same problem with
> cloudy water...
>
> Because there's no room in my filter, I was thinking about stuffing the
> intake 'pipe' with some batting... Would this work?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > cloudy water (white, pearly, shifting) is the biobugs looking for a
home.
> It can be
> > due to too many fish, too little water and too little biobug media, big
> increases in
> > food, spawning, adding something that slimes the media, not washing the
> filter
> > properly, like washing in untreated tap water (city), too vigorously,
not
> enough, pH
> > drop, temp drop, salt or ?? too high, bad dechlor, insufficient minerals
> or adding
> > chemicals that kill the biobugs like antibiotics.
> > Most people find stuffing their filter with some polyester batting
clears
> things up
> > pretty fast. Dropping in a heater to steady the temp helps a lot.
> > Water changes and chemicals dumped into the water almost never "fixes"
the
> problem
> > long term.
> > Ingrid
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> > http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> > www.drsolo.com
> > Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> > endorsements or recommendations I make.
>
>

[Scott]

I've had the polyester batting in for about a week without any
improvement... I placed the batting where the carbon filter normally sits
(in the horizontal filter area). It is somewhat brown on top (probably from
PureGold food 'crumbs')... Should I wait longer, or look into another
solution?

Thanks

> wrote in message
...
> walmart fairfield brand, no antimicrobials or fire retardants.
> not the intake. and dont stuff tightly, it will slow the water flow.
Ingrid
>
> "Scott" > wrote:
>
> >What type of polyester batting do you suggest? That might help me
identify
> >which stores would carry this product. I am having the same problem with
> >cloudy water...
> >
> >Because there's no room in my filter, I was thinking about stuffing the
> >intake 'pipe' with some batting... Would this work?
> >
> >Thanks
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[[email protected]]

surely they arent called puregold fish food? LOL
It takes 3-4 weeks for media to become colonized with bacteria.
Ingrid

"Scott" > wrote:
>I've had the polyester batting in for about a week without any
>improvement... I placed the batting where the carbon filter normally sits
>(in the horizontal filter area). It is somewhat brown on top (probably from
>PureGold food 'crumbs')... Should I wait longer, or look into another
>solution?
>


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[VoskV]

"Mike Harradence" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I have just purchased the following
>
> http://www.easylife.nl/english/index.html?id=11
>
> The main aquarium fish shops all swear by it and my tank has cleared
within
> 2 days.
>
> regards
>
> Mike
>

Interesting info on "Easy Life" :

http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/month.200106/msg00127.html

[Scott]

Sorry - not PureGold, but Pro-Gold... This food is great, but causes a lot
of crumbs...

So, I should wait a couple of weeks for the water to clear up (i.e. the
colonies will clear up the water once they are established)?


> wrote in message
...
> surely they arent called puregold fish food? LOL
> It takes 3-4 weeks for media to become colonized with bacteria.
> Ingrid
>
> "Scott" > wrote:
> >I've had the polyester batting in for about a week without any
> >improvement... I placed the batting where the carbon filter normally
sits
> >(in the horizontal filter area). It is somewhat brown on top (probably
from
> >PureGold food 'crumbs')... Should I wait longer, or look into another
> >solution?
> >
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.