I didn't rinse my crushed coral??? Help!!!!!

[albano]

Can I rinse the crushed coral with tap water?

why are you using crushed coral... is it new or used?

 

[Bryceandmandy]

aquaclear powerhead with the prefilter micron pad should do the trick, works for me...you may need a few replacements though lol

 

[gulfgirl]

We have had our 95gal tank since December. During that time, we have lost some of the orig. sand during water exchanges. We also have an over active clown fish that loves to rearrange the landscape by making sand drifts (like snow drifts for you northerners) lol . So I thought it would be good to add some more. I asked my fish guy where we got our tank , and that is what he recommended. He said it was pre washed and I didn't need to rince it if I didn't want to. I know now .... That was a murky mistake to say the least... Besides sucking it out during water exchanges, does anyone have a better way?

 

[Dre]

We have had our 95gal tank since December. During that time, we have lost some of the orig. sand during water exchanges. We also have an over active clown fish that loves to rearrange the landscape by making sand drifts (like snow drifts for you northerners) lol . So I thought it would be good to add some more. I asked my fish guy where we got our tank , and that is what he recommended. He said it was pre washed and I didn't need to rince it if I didn't want to. I know now .... That was a murky mistake to say the least... Besides sucking it out during water exchanges, does anyone have a better way?

If you already added the substrate leave it alone the filters will do their job with the help of siphoning buring water changes. Always rinse dry substrate with tap water before adding to your tank. Unless instructed by the manufacturer not to do so. And BTW this thread is over a year old you can open your own thread in General Discussion okay...

 

[Breakin Newz]

Leave the crushed coral alone and run some kind of filter sock to get rid of the "dust", it should eventually all be filtered out...

Now a wet/dry system is great for a fish only tank since bioballs are good at producing the high oxygen bacteria needed to break down ammonia and nitrites that are harmful to fish, with bioballs you are left with nitrates which is OK as fish are tolerable of it and can be removed by doing frequent water changes...



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