Rick Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 ....Common sense tells me that this much calcium isn't from any amount of sand...even un-rinsed..... I put two bags of Southdown Sand in my tank last summer without rinsing it and the calcium shot up to 650. It was one of the "bigger" mistakes I've made. Almost as big as just dumping a couple of shots of vodka into the tank one night without keeping track of how much I added. (I lost 4 fish making that mistake because the algae bloom sucked too much oxygen out of the water) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Not sure if this was mentioned or not, but you should also add a prefilter and carbon... just make sure you get enough filter floss to change it out once water clears. cheers I agree, this will help remove the sediment from the water so it will clear up faster. Makes no difference what the cause is either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 how about an update Mitchell? I set up my skimmer today and the cloudiness is all gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerv503 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 You might want to check you Calcium level if its too high you water will get cloudy. Vin B.O.M "Blue Ocean Marines Inc." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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