How long does the water stay cloudy after you use SMS for your substrate?

Are you using filter floss in your filter? This will help remove the cloud much faster.

This is going to make me sound stupid, but what is filter floss?

Right now I have a rena filter with the following:

Micro Sponge
Bio carbon
bio stars/bio rings
20 sponge
30 sponge

I also have hot magnum with the polishing filter in it.

Jason

All You Need To Do Is Just Change The Water(50% Or More) And Let Your Filter Do The Work. My Tank Has Soilmaster(red), Cleared Right Up After Water Change!
Water Changes Are The Best Way To Fix Cloudy Water!

Filter floss is simply a polyester fiber that is used as a water polisher.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...fm?pcatid=4235

I would just like to comment that yesterday I changed the substrate in my 55G from regular gravel to turface pro league red. I rinsed the turface for over an hour, filling up the bucket, sloshing it around to get the water cloudy, emptying and repeating.

After a continuous hour of doing this the water was somewhat clear, not perfect, but much better than in the beginning. I put it in my tank, added water very slowly and it still got cloudy. Not too bad, but to the point where I couldn't see the back of my tank from the front.

I just ran my filter overnight and when I woke up the water was much clearer, still not 100% clear, but getting there.

I would suggest rinsing it until you get fed up with doing so, then adding it to your tank. From there let your filter and water changes do the work.

I have done a # of water changes, but it is still cloudy. I just a 75% water change and changed out the media in the filter. I will report back tomorrow to see if it has gotten any better.

still super cloudy......

How are you adding the water back in during the water changes? Are you sure you aren't accidentally stirring up the substrate when refilling?

Also, as suggested above, fill up the top compartment of your XP3 with filter floss. It should clear up within 48 hours.

However, it could be a bacterial bloom, if so, it may take a week or so for that to clear up.

I will try the filter floss.....the substrate is constantly getting stirred up. either my 9 in algea eater is stirring it up of the current of the tank in. I am hoping once the plants get in, this will be less of a problem.

fish seem to be fine though

Try swapping out your activated carbon for a brand new one... that cleared up my tank in no time.

I've never used SMS but first time I used Fluorite I didn't know to wash it and I couldn't see into my tank for a week. Took about 2 weeks total for everything to settle down... sucked! LOL



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