Water change question

[inkedtx]

I am fairly certain this is a dumb question but here it goes.
I did a water change yesterday evening, about 4 gallons. My water has still not cleared up. I'm going on vacation Saturday so I'd like everything to be ok before I leave.
Temp and SG matched.

Biocube 29.

Thank you!!

 

[raultsu]

whats the question?

 

[helen ann]

I am fairly certain this is a dumb question but here it goes.
I did a water change yesterday evening, about 4 gallons. My water has still not cleared up. I'm going on vacation Saturday so I'd like everything to be ok before I leave.
Temp and SG matched.

Biocube 29.

Thank you!!

Did you stir sand when you poured the water in?
Running Filter Floss?

 

[inkedtx]

A bit. I tried really hard not too. Lol
I have two reticulate foam filters and a poly-filter on top of those.

 

[inkedtx]

whats the question?

HA! Is that normal and how long should it take to clear?

 

[helen ann]

A bit. I tried really hard not too. Lol
I have two reticulate foam filters and a poly-filter on top of those.

I always pour into the sump area ... kind of pain and takes a lil' longer but seems to help with stirring sand.
I would give it till this evening.

 

[raultsu]

yeah give it some time. should be good by tonight

 

[inkedtx]

I always pour into the sump area ... kind of pain and takes a lil' longer but seems to help with stirring sand.
I would give it till this evening.

Thank you!

 

[inkedtx]

yeah give it some time. should be good by tonight

Thank you!!

 

[brandon429]

you should rebuild your entire reef to be immune to that condition, so that theres never a time your ability to clean is limited. you'll never wait on it, nor have a cloud, and the hands on nature will make this nano live longer than the hands off nature that is making it cloud. theres nothing wrong with going the current mode, its what most books and posts say to do (have a cloud-able sandbed)

but you cant imagine how headache free and long lived the nanos are that do not do it that way

by rebuild, I don't mean recycle. I mean remove rocks and fish elsewhere, replace or blast rinse the bed, reassemble it all using skip cycle technique and have the whole thing done by lunch today. That is a normal Thursday for my nano, not a rarity. about three thousand of them have been done in fact

what you might be hesitant to do even one time, is how the longest lived nanos in the world get that way. a 29 gallon gives you physical access a 200 gallon tanker cannot have, they have to employ machines and dosers galore for the inaccessibility

 

[Brew12]

I am fairly certain this is a dumb question but here it goes.

I'm fairly certain that the only dumb question is the one that isn't asked!

 

[inkedtx]

you should rebuild your entire reef to be immune to that condition, so that theres never a time your ability to clean is limited. you'll never wait on it, nor have a cloud, and the hands on nature will make this nano live longer than the hands off nature that is making it cloud. theres nothing wrong with going the current mode, its what most books and posts say to do (have a cloud-able sandbed)

but you cant imagine how headache free and long lived the nanos are that do not do it that way

by rebuild, I don't mean recycle. I mean remove rocks and fish elsewhere, replace or blast rinse the bed, reassemble it all using skip cycle technique and have the whole thing done by lunch today. That is a normal Thursday for my nano, not a rarity. about three thousand of them have been done in fact

what you might be hesitant to do even one time, is how the longest lived nanos in the world get that way. a 29 gallon gives you physical access a 200 gallon tanker cannot have, they have to employ machines and dosers galore for the inaccessibility

It has cleared up considerably in the past hour.

Thank you