Disney's 75G Tank Journal

fishytime · #1 07-13-2011, 06:27 PM

What I have been told and read suggests that bacteria colonizes that fine sand particultulate making it heavier so it settles out.... Could be with no LR in the system, this is not happening.... Like PDR said a filter sock should really help

Madreefer · #2 07-13-2011, 06:42 PM

How about taking the live rock out of your sump and putting it in your display tank instead. Sorry, when I suggested you put the live rock in it I was meaning in your display tank.

parkinsn · #3 07-13-2011, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Like PDR said a filter sock should really help

You are running filter socks now, no?

Not that im pro chemicals, but, you can also get products like this as well. If all else fails this will help "clump up" the particulate in the water and help the filtersocks catch more. since you have no live stock to worry about this might be a good option if you want to speed the "clearing" process up.

http://www.freshmarine.com/km-pro-cl...rine-16oz.html

DisneyCoralReef · #4 07-13-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by parkinsn

You are running filter socks now, no?

Not that im pro chemicals, but, you can also get products like this as well. If all else fails this will help "clump up" the particulate in the water and help the filtersocks catch more. since you have no live stock to worry about this might be a good option if you want to speed the "clearing" process up.

http://www.freshmarine.com/km-pro-cl...rine-16oz.html

Yea definitely have it running on socks right now. Some people are saying it might just need a lot more time. It's just started to clear enough for me to start seeing some of the sand in the display, so I am hoping it will get better. Going to give it more time, but man does it suck! I had never thought that this would happen. Going to give it another week or two to settle, and if it fails, ill have to empty the tank and put something else other than sand because I dont want to have to go through that every single time I make a change to the tank.

DisneyCoralReef · #5 07-14-2011, 04:55 PM

The tank got suddenly much clearer again. Now we can actually see the sand. I ended up not turning off the powerheads like I thought I was going to. We've also added PVC to the sump and brought down the noise to nearly nothing! much better. Now it's just more waiting. Will test the water tonight.

From this

...to this in 12 hours(after over a week of not improving much)

Skimmerking · #6 07-14-2011, 05:56 PM

filter socks and Good skimming will tae alot of it out. keep changing the sock out for a clean one it helps alot.

DisneyCoralReef · #7 07-14-2011, 06:13 PM

You bring up a question I had. Last week one of the socks got stuck with the laundry and got washed WITH the clothes AND detergent. Is this particular sock shot? is there a way to rinse it, or anything else to allow me to use it again in the tank?

parkinsn · #8 07-14-2011, 06:59 PM

Personally I would garbage it. At the cost just but a new one or 6

Sunee · #9 07-14-2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DisneyCoralReef

Yea definitely have it running on socks right now. Some people are saying it might just need a lot more time. It's just started to clear enough for me to start seeing some of the sand in the display, so I am hoping it will get better. Going to give it more time, but man does it suck! I had never thought that this would happen. Going to give it another week or two to settle, and if it fails, ill have to empty the tank and put something else other than sand because I dont want to have to go through that every single time I make a change to the tank.

Good job so far. You are having many of the issues I had. Glad to hear you are working them out.

If you do decide to remove your sand you don't have to empty the tank you can just siphon out the sand with wider bore tubing (something like 1/2"). If you keep the tubing in the sand you don't remove too much of the water. I set up a new tank a few months ago (no journal yet) and used this method to remove most of the sugar fine I started with and replace with slightly coarser sand as my MP40 was moving it around too much. It worked great.

Another option to quiet your pump if you don't like the idea of the styrofoam staying in the tank is a mesh like Lifegard aquatics aquamesh filter - I used the blue stuff and it works great. I know I am going to have to clean it really well when I clean the pump but better that than the noise.

DisneyCoralReef · #10 07-15-2011, 12:26 AM

Took all the advice that came. I put some foam on the bottom of the pump which did help, and added some dry rock to the sump(biggest result), I also added some PVC to the vomiting end of the skimmer to not have that "splash" when it comes back out-that was another great, HUGE noise control option.

Now it's focusing on clearing the tank.