D&M
June 27th 03, 04:39 AM
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.
>
>
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.
>
>