75g Cichlid

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75 is on its way to be up and running and ready for the moori to arrive....will post pics as i progress.....Holey rock is currently basking in the sun

looks awesome!!

TanyaQ2000 wrote:

looks awesome!!

Thanks

cichlid mania wrote:

Fern wrote:

If you have a 2 sided filter you can run a polishing pad in one side and just wash it bi-weekly.

Dang thats a lot of work.....

Cichlids are alot of work if you do it right

But it will keep your water clear till you find the cause and fix it.

Fern wrote:

But it will keep your water clear till you find the cause and fix it.

......i just need to find the reason for the cloud now

You did wash everything before you put it in?
List of tank contents and filters?

Hopefully we can get your cloud figured out soon!

ok here we go:
50lbs of black gravel
3 holey rock
6 fake plants
Fluval 405 filter

It has got to be coming from that holey rock

I agree. but I think over time it will filter threw

KMX wrote:

I agree. but I think over time it will filter threw

Worry about it or just let it go on its own?
Also should I run the polishing pads or no?

I would not worri about it for now. Don't guy buy $400 dollers worth of fish and test the water out with them either. What polishing pads?

I have the fluval water polishing pads that I was using and it cleared the tank up with no issue. I took them out and it clouded back up.....I think I am going to go get some cheap experimental fish to test the water

Yeah put them back in if it helped. Go to your LFS and get the "assorted african" They usually are hybrid anyways And use them as testers

Will do

I want to blame the holey rock as well. I think once you get more biology going on in the tank it will clear up. Run the polishing pads for another week. I agree on getting 1-2 tester fish. But I would get something you would like to have in the long run.

I will have to give that a try....off to the LFS for this guy.....I hate to buy something nice and see it die....O well its the cycle of life I guess......lol.....maybe i should try a few goldfish

I really just think it is new tank syndrome. It sound likes everything you used was new which means it has no bacteria built up. This will cause foginess. I haven't read through all these pages so if everything is new try adding a couple handfuls of used gravel from an established tank. Or use some filter media out of an established tank.

They have an old established filter running on the tank.

Fern wrote:

They have an old established filter running on the tank.

Oh... I should have read it... Well man then i would maybe go with the Holey Rock like everyone else. Unless you didn't rinse off the rocks, plants, or holey before putting it in.. In that case just sit and wait. Honestly i would just sit and wait anyways and be patient it will clear. I like the "Asst. African" idea. Maybe like 3 or 4 of those guys for a few days.

Put the polishing pads in last night....I think I will do a 10% water change today

I really think that once you have some biological action going on in there that it will clear right up. Have you been feeding the tank?
Feeder guppys would be good as a first fish add, get like a dozen or so.

Fern wrote:

I really think that once you have some biological action going on in there that it will clear right up. Have you been feeding the tank?
Feeder guppys would be good as a first fish add, get like a dozen or so.

No....I have only added and entire bottle of bacteria to establish it in the filters

Ok, most bottled bacteria is dead and therefore useless. The bacteria needs something to eat or it will die. Add a pinch of flake food each day. I hate to say it but your tank isn't cycled at all. Anything growing on your filters has died of starvation by now.
Even empty tanks need to be fed to keep them cycled.......

I thought you used water from you other tank to help start it?

Fern wrote:

Ok, most bottled bacteria is dead and therefore useless. The bacteria needs something to eat or it will die. Add a pinch of flake food each day. I hate to say it but your tank isn't cycled at all. Anything growing on your filters has died of starvation by now.
Even empty tanks need to be fed to keep them cycled.......

DAMN IT!!!!! I knew something was up.....I just figured that since I added the old media that it would be good. Also I have never had this issue before

KMX wrote:

I thought you used water from you other tank to help start it?

No....Just the media....I just moved here and am setting this tank up from scratch