manzanita and cloudy water?

[aquabee]

Thanks. I'd do a water change but they shut off our water for a while to fix a broken pipe. So far it looks better though.

[sunkenmetal]

Thanks guys. I like the Fluval mesh bags because almost nothing goes through it except water. They're kinda hard to find though. The water actually looks better this morning, and the pieces are almost completely waterlogged. I'll do a water change today as well and see if I can get by without the Purigen. Trying to save every buck I can!

Purigen is pretty pricey but you can reuse it. Unless the tannins in the water bother you I wouldn't bother with it.

I have found well I should say my wife found some bags in china town that are 99 cents and the purigen wont pass through.

Just keep doing water changes its probably the cheapest and easiest way to clear up your water.

[aquabee]

Thanks guys. I like the Fluval mesh bags because almost nothing goes through it except water. They're kinda hard to find though. The water actually looks better this morning, and the pieces are almost completely waterlogged. I'll do a water change today as well and see if I can get by without the Purigen. Trying to save every buck I can!

[rice1029]

Just make sure you you get the right media bag or else all your purigen will end up in the tank. Or buy the purigen that already comes in the bag..

This is definitely true. Purigen is really small.

[sunkenmetal]

Just make sure you you get the right media bag or else all your purigen will end up in the tank. Or buy the purigen that already comes in the bag..

[rice1029]

You could definitely try it. I just never have. As long as your getting some good flow...

[aquabee]

Manzanita is notorious for this. I remember this stuff. Looks cool just has some initial wierdness...just temporary. large water changes and carbon will definitely help. If your using a canister filter you could put a bag of purigen in and it will take care of it quick.

Oh man. Well it's good to know that it'll hopefully go away. I'll do a big water change tomorrow. Any reason why Purigen can't be used in an AquaClear HOB filter in a mesh bag?

[rice1029]

Manzanita is notorious for this. I remember this stuff. Looks cool just has some initial wierdness...just temporary. large water changes and carbon will definitely help. If your using a canister filter you could put a bag of purigen in and it will take care of it quick.

[aquabee]

The wood is pre-soaked, I was told, and sandblasted. So I didn't pre-soak it but just washed it really well. I even scrubbed the aquarium rocks clean in hot tap water cuz I didn't want the crazy algae from the nano getting into the 20. Weird. In any case, I covered the tank with some sheets and am leaving the light off for the next 48 hours at least. Hopefully if it's bacteria, it'll chill the heck out.

[sunkenmetal]

Sounds like a bacteria bloom. When i got my twenty gallon I used some substrate and some decorations from my 56 gallon to help the cycle along. 3 days after setting it up i got a bacteria bloom. it went away after about a week. Then a week later it had another bloom.

Is the wood cured? Did you soak it before putting it into your tank?

[aquabee]

Hey all. My 20 long's been set up for about 2 days now, and yesterday afternoon I added a couple pieces of manzanita, which are being held down by 2 rocks from another one of my tanks. This morning the water is really cloudy (not yellow or brown, just hazy). The only other thing I did was crank the heater up to 88F.

Is this cloudiness from the driftwood? Never had this happen before, except due to a bloom. Feels like it's way too early for a bacteria bloom though, unless the rocks from one of my cycled tanks introduced the bacteria. Thoughts?