Cloudy water?

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  1. lillys Grandad

    lillys Grandad Horrid Stonefish

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    Yup...good advice.
    ...weird thing on the salt though...mine clears in less then an hour..using stir stick with 20 gallons? ..go figure. ;) ...jme
     
    lillys Grandad, Apr 19, 2012
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  2. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    Thats cuz you stir...lol too much manual labor for me...lol ;)
     
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  3. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    +1 on that

    another method that I used and worked OK was adding sand to plastic bags, lowering the bags to the base and then gently opening and pouring out
    turn off circulation pumps for a short while, whilst doing this as that will help everything settle
     
    steve wright, Apr 19, 2012
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