seems i got mine without clarifier. water is cloudy after 3 days 'I have not put salt in yet .should drain the water and then add water and salt ?
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I started a biocube with the CaribSea. I used live ocean water and other sand that we had gotten in fort myers beach. Even with the biocube filters and a UV filter it took about 2 days for thewater to clear. Have you tried water treatment that speeds the cycle of the tank?
1867360
If you did not add salt to the water in correct amount BEFORE the live sand touches water you will KILL your live sand. KILL it dead. As in worthless.. Buy a rubbermaid trashcan or two so you can mix all the water ahead of time. Let it mix with airstones overnight and check salinity. When the water is ready, then put your sand in the tank and then the prepared water. It will foam for a day or so and make a bit of a mess but it doesn't last long and if you have a skimmer it will clean it up sooner.
1867361
mine cleared up after just a couple days. I ran my filter & skimmer & mixed it with rinsed sand that wasn't alive.
1867362
Mine cleared in just about a day, a lot of the foamy sludge ended up in the filter which I cleaned twice in that time period.other than that the sand had been great,can't wait to fill my 90 gallon.
1867363
when i got this sand i did the same thing the only difference is that i started with salt water if you have your filter in just change them and get your salt in it will clear up it just takes long you just need to be patient lol
864615
Mine was the same and caused me much concern at first. Just brush off the filters and wait until they become saturated. Within a couple days mine sped up to where it will now fill the reservoir within four hours or so. Been using it for a year now with no problems and am completely satisfied.
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My water was cloudy for months. I tried everything you could buy at the pet store. The Green Killing Machine completely cleared my water within days and it has been clear for over 6 months. I will keep it in the event I get this type of algae growth again. I would agree that it doesn't seem to have a strong flow, but it is the UV light that is killing the algae so you really do not want the water to rush through the device.
212650
Get a Copper Ionization System and you will not get algae unless you let the copper get low. No chlorine! I have had mine for 20 years and we really like ours. Extremely easy to take care of.
1550017
I did not but it did get cloudy and foamy, rinsing may be a good idea,but definatly only rinse with de chlorinated water preferably with whatever water you use in the aquarium
1389850
I have had two units now and they both have done this. My husband and I think it's due to hard water and the mineral build up. You can deep clean it, we have used a mineral cleaner on it not sure what the company would think of that. However we are back to having to get a new one due to build up. We will try distilled water only next time.
381057
You should not have to treat the water if you fill them with your house tap water, which has already been treated. Check the water every 6 months or so and replace it if it looks slimy or cloudy.
1395225
We have added absolutely no chemicals. We added 80lbs. of salt when we set it up and let the system run to make sure we didn't add too much. We haven't had any error codes meaning the salt level if good. Our water still looks like it did when we put it up 2.5 months ago.
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No, I don't think it's normal. Mine was clear first time. My guess is, if you use cloudy water, there is a leak there somewhere, most likely to be the filter elements or the plugs(holes - if you use 2 elements instead of 4) not tight enough. If you use clear water then I'm not sure...if you didn't clean the elements and primed them then may be dusts would have got int there and make it cloudy...I hope this helps
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Some people do, but I didn't for my aquarium. You don't have to, and some people prefer to keep it dirty. Just a heads up, your tank will be very cloudy for a few days, but this is perfectly normal and it will settle on its own. Just keep your filter running.
1843176
You can add Real Salt into the water as well. Contact them for "recipe." The water doesn't taste salty and it's the cheapest method to regain mineral content.
70407
No mine are very cloudy. Not clear at all. I tried tap water, bottled water and distilled water. All are cloudy and only last about 30 minutes, not hours.Not worth the trouble.
1395223
Yeah, thanks everyone. Really confusing reading online some people say nothing but salt, others say bleach, borax, stabilizer, shock. It's hard to know how to start it. Picking up my pool today and I have my three bags of salt and saltwater generator ready and waiting!
2196654
I am about ready to give up on this system.... just added salt, and it still says low salt... cleaned the sensor, checked all the issues that the manual suggests, and unless I add additional chlorine it is not converting the salt to chlorine.... ugggggg frustrated!!
805018
We are still getting cloudy ones as well, but I have been told that the trick is to use distilled water. Good luck.
662215
Have you cleaned it. I use distilled water so I don't have to worry about mineral build up. I also have a water distiller which paid for itself in one year. you will also get a white powder over everything with a sonic humidifier with water from the faucet, especially if you have a water conditioner.. I clean out my sharper image humidifier half way through the winter. if you bought it from Sharper Image, they are very good about replacing items that stop working. sorry if this doesn't help.
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mine just started to do same thing, I didn't add salt yet, but how do u clean it?