I didn't forget about the BD pup in the 55g, I was saying put the kels in there also with one of the 110's.....and as far as the 420g you may have to keep doing small waterchanges until you get the mechanical filtration going.
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I didn't forget about the BD pup in the 55g, I was saying put the kels in there also with one of the 110's.....and as far as the 420g you may have to keep doing small waterchanges until you get the mechanical filtration going.
Do you still have floating particles of sand in the water column itself? Or is it all settled until stirred up by the ray?
Reason I ask bc if it is consistently cloudy then the grainules haven't really bonded.
My 90 a few years back was terrible, what I did was rerinse the sand, net out floating particles that I could, throw a HOB on and sponge the intake, and then used what I believe to be this same product:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Aquarium-...-Immediately-Crystal-Clear-.75-fl-oz/10313377
My concern however is your livestock vs. what I had. Not sure how safe it would be with a ray, so please research on that. Anyhow, what happened is literally by morning I went from seeing maybe 6 inches back to completely clear and when I had stir ups they only lasted very briefly (seconds)
I had put in 1 50 lb. bag of play sand before I found out about pool filter sand. So then I put in 150 lbs. pool filter sand. To be honest, the 1 50 lb. bag I did not wash, but the 150 lbs. of pool filter sand I did... So the 1 bag of play sand might be causing my situation.
Yup.
It's not really a big deal. It will eventually clean up with waterchanges and filtering.
OK. So I got the 2nd (mechanical filter) all hooked up & running good! Here are pics of the finished plumbing: I have a few concerns about if the gravel/glass bead mechanical filter will get the water crystal clear. Does anyone have experience with this & give me some feedback?... Hulon, Ken? I ask b/c my LFS guy seems to think I may not get the very clear water I am hoping for.
Obviously still not a finished product, but I am starting to feel a sense of accomplishment!:
If you look at the first picture you can see how I fed the electrical supply down from the ceiling. I have (2)- 4 outlet boxes attached to underneath the stand...& I attached 2 10 outlet strips to it as well... (I wanted to make sure they were not exposed to potentially get wet).
If you look at the first picture you can see how I fed the electrical supply down from the ceiling. I have (2)- 4 outlet boxes attached to underneath the stand...& I attached 2 10 outlet strips to it as well... (I wanted to make sure they were not exposed to potentially get wet).
