Suspended particulates

[Anihiel1]

Any recommendations on a product to reduce suspended particulates? Never had this issue this bad before-there was always 'some' but more or less clear. I recently added some chromis and a baby tang and lawd can he eat! He's just a stomach that swims like a fish. As a consequence he also sprays his immense quantity of loose veggie poo everywhere he darts, which is, well EVERYwhere. I have pretty good circular flow (2 eflux 2100s and a 660). and it just never seems to settle. Just poo and more poo streaming by. The corals are loving it but not me! I have a125g, canister filter, protein skimmer, uv. Help!!!

 

[ichthyogeek]

Seachem clarity might be what you’re looking for. Alternatively, if you can up the intake of the canister filter and use more filter floss to catch everything that could work.

If you had a sump, then running the water through a filter sock would clear this issue right up haha.

 

[SPS2020]

I feel the pain. I have two Tangs and three Flame Anthias (among other fish) which are poo machines! Two filter socks and a protein skimmer work hard for the money! lol

 

[DaddyFish]

I feel your pain in two heavily stocked tanks.

I use Seachem Tidal-100 HOB filters for polishers/skimmers. Keeps the Tang poo and Puffer poo under control!
For those periodic episodes of, well, you know! I have a portable setup with a Hygger pump and a standard 10" water filter housing. I hang hooked hoses over the edge and run the water through a cheap 50-micron sediment filter cartridge that gets disposed after use. Polishes the water crystal clear.

My problem with the various additives, was the associated labor and expense changing out all mechanical filtration in canisters, AFTER you add the cleaner. It costs me about $4 for a sediment cartridge and takes less than five minutes to setup and break down my "portable fish vacuum".

I've also done the same thing with a cheap canister filter that I picked up for $75 off Amazon open-box. But it is a bit more effort than the spin-on filter setup. Come to think of it, for a bit more than $75 you could purchase a Tidal-110 and temporarily hang it over the end with some multi-layer floss and polish a 100-gal in a couple hours. My main point is think about the time and cost of dealing with the aftermath of the cleaning additives, versus temporary filtration to scrub the tank after an "event".

 

[Anihiel1]

Hmmm, just had an interesting thought. I have my other tank, 55g, right next to this one. Was formerly my quarantine tank but I'm done with more livestock, so it now is home to my mantis shrimp and some random anemones. It has the exact same canister filter. Wonder if it would be feasible to run the output into the 55g, have it run through that second canister also, then back into the 125g.
The 55 has a copious amount of pineapple sponges and pods to help also.
Thoughts..???
Or is this a completely stupid idea lol

 

[Plunder]

Any recommendations on a product to reduce suspended particulates? Never had this issue this bad before-there was always 'some' but more or less clear. I recently added some chromis and a baby tang and lawd can he eat! He's just a stomach that swims like a fish. As a consequence he also sprays his immense quantity of loose veggie poo everywhere he darts, which is, well EVERYwhere. I have pretty good circular flow (2 eflux 2100s and a 660). and it just never seems to settle. Just poo and more poo streaming by. The corals are loving it but not me! I have a125g, canister filter, protein skimmer, uv. Help!!!

Use some "poly-filter" in the very bottom of the canister as the last defence to polish up your water. The stuff works really well removing these things. It's not cheap though.

Poly-Bio-Marine Filter

 

[Anihiel1]

Use some "poly-filter" in the very bottom of the canister as the last defence to polish up your water. The stuff works really well removing these things. It's not cheap though.

Poly-Bio-Marine Filter

Thanks!! I'll definitely try that

 

[vetteguy53081]

Kent Pro Clear

 

[vlangel]

Hmmm, just had an interesting thought. I have my other tank, 55g, right next to this one. Was formerly my quarantine tank but I'm done with more livestock, so it now is home to my mantis shrimp and some random anemones. It has the exact same canister filter. Wonder if it would be feasible to run the output into the 55g, have it run through that second canister also, then back into the 125g.
The 55 has a copious amount of pineapple sponges and pods to help also.
Thoughts..???
Or is this a completely stupid idea lol

I do not think that is a stupid idea. It seems to me that you are essentially doubling your bio-filter but only adding a small animal load by hooking to the mantis shrimp tank.

 

[Anihiel1]

I do not think that is a stupid idea. It seems to me that you are essentially doubling your bio-filter but only adding a small animal load by hooking to the mantis shrimp tank.

That's my thought process yes. And if there is matter that escapes and enters the 55, the filter feeders will benefit.
I'm not really sure how it happened, but I've got a LOT of pods. The shrimp refuses to eat them.