Water change

[monizb]

How many of u do a water change and notice your water cloud of for few hrs


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[MrHermit85]

How many of u do a water change and notice your water cloud of for few hrs


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Mines perfectly clear afterwards apart from some particulate by no means cloudy though... Do you vacuum at all? when I do a deep clean there is a little cloudiness but thats only every few months.

 

[monizb]

Every time i do a water change I never vacuum but I did a little today in my sump maybe that's the cloudiness I see I she'll see in am


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[MrHermit85]

If it's gone in the morning it's probably just particulate that was blown around into the water column. another thing could be if your salt isn't mixed in properly... But I am sure you let your mix mature before adding it your DT.

 

[monizb]

I let my salt mix first befor adding to main

 

[AdInfinitum]

I let my salt mix first befor adding to main

24+ hrs preferably with some aeration?

When the salt dissolves it causes spikes in PH which could precipitate calcium carbonate when it mixes with tank water.  Aeration will mitigate this.

 

[Jewel]

I just finished a water change and I siphon the sand every time, In different areas every time and my water is a bit cloudy.

 

[EricTMah]

Are you mixing anything else with your salt?

Sometimes if you're adding magnesium, calcium, or buffer it'll cause the water to cloud.

I mix my salt for about 30mins before with a power head and air pump before adding to the tank and never clouds.

 

[Jewel]

I mix and heat, then circulate in a tank for 24 hours, then pump it to the main tank.

 

[pulpfiction1]

do my changes in the sump,sometimes i stir up a little crap but clears in an hour or so

 

[Duke]

i get the cloudy water after i do a change when i only mix the salt for 3 or 4 hours, i usually try for 12-24 but sometimes its just not possible with my schedule, i've never had a problem from it at all and it goes away in an hour or two, Also i don't stir or vacuum anything up so its not from that.