So I'm upgrading from a 20 long to a 75 gal. I don't know if I should keep this here under oolite or make a new thread Looking forward to sand not poofing and moving my fish over in a few weeks / mos when cycle done I added up the gph on all things I think : And will move over the mp10 from the 20 long unknown if the one koralia and the mp10 will be enough. Have a koralia 1500 pointed up due to crazy sand, a aquaclear 110 hob running chemipure elite, purigen and filter floss, heater and a eshopps psk 75 hob skimmer that I took off the 20 long. Then set up and cycled a 20 long for them. Saved everything and has then in a way too small ten gal qt sw tank. That cracked in early 2014 diagonally down the side in middle of night. I wanted it cause I really like the gobies and wanted them to have nice fine sand to sift thru. Then today I ever so gently turkey basted off the rocks from the fine layer of silt. Then I added some more live rock and poofed it up again It settled. Expecting ultra cloudiness and wasn't disappointed. ![]() Put the water in slowly on top of the empty live sand bags. Just came for some reassurance that it will stop. I love it appearance wise, and I'm trying to be patient till it gets a film on top to stop the poofiness but honestly I'm semi thinking about taking it out and putting Fiji pink lol. I have been reading about oolite in this forum for a long time and yes I still bought it and put it in my new cycling 75 gal sw tank. Looks really healthy, eats great, had them hold it until I got the sand in.ġ flame angel (adult size- about the same size as the large angel).New to the forum, have posted in hydra 26 HD lighting thread and welcome thread so far. It's been ranging from 8.00 to 8.5 throughout the day, now it's staying steady around 8. My corals are doing great, no signs of agitation. So far the tank appears to be doing awesome and I love the lighting reflecting off the sand. It's too deep for my liking, but, I have to get my goby out of the sump and into the display and he'll rearrange the sand bed for me. It's what others reccomended for a 125 and according to the packaging is about right, but, once in the tank. 120lbs of fine sand is too much for a shallow or medium sand bed. I know the fine sand is a pain to work with especially now I have to move it around some, but wow, does it change the look of my tank. Got it fixed after work today, went out for a few hours and came back and the tank is looking gorgeous. ![]() I think the slime in the sand gumbed up the impellor in the skimmer. The skimmer had some issues this morning that I got going after work tonight. Just concerned if it is very fine particles that it could block gills or interfere with breathing of the fish or inverts. if they survived 12 hours without dieing in the cloud. It triggered some concern, but, it looks to be o.k. It just looks like when I overdosed Kalk and had a full tank meltdown. I saw some websites indicating it took up to 2-3 days in some cases for the cloud bomb to clear and although not many indicated if they had the "cloud" with livestock, there was a couple that said they had it with an established tank. So, I think it's just dust or calcium build up. But, he was swimming fine and looking o.k. He was lookin at me like what'd I do to his home. I was able to see my starry blenny this morning. One of my clowns must have been stressed from it. ![]() Well, tank is still cloudy, a lot of collection of stuff on the glass of the tank. But for now, I laid it across the front side of the tank. I plan to spread it out more when I can actually see it. I'm leaving the power heads, return, and skimmer running as nomral.Īnything else I should be concerned about? Provided the fish don't suffocate or anything. If it's just calcium precipitate then, I assume it's non-toxic to live stock and will dissipate over night or the next 24 hours. I'm assuming it's some type of calcium precipitate? The ingedients on the sand indicated Calcium, along with trace elements of other stuff. So, how long will the "white cloud" take to clear and is it toxic to live stock? Just swimming up to the glass probably because they can't see. Skimmer isn't going crazy and the clowns are the only fish I can see in the water, but they appear a little stressed but otherwise aren't breathing heavy. Now there's foam on the surface of the sump and tank and and the water is extremely cloudy. So, I added it to the existing tank with corals and fish. I had pulled the old one around a month or so ago. I added a new sand bed to my established 125g.
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