matty73 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) HI, i have just upgraded my tank to a Aqua one 850 (161 lt) , i have had peacock cichlids for 2 yrs now , electric blues, the aquarium store sold me some calcium carbonate , i have used fine gravel in my last one as my blues likes to renovate a lot,, i still have my my old tank ( aqua one 510,70lt) going with gold fish now for my son, it is crystal clear always has been.never had any probs, what i am finding with calcium gravel it is still not crystal clear,i i have done 2 ,25% water changes to try and get the slight milky water out, i washed the gravel for a good 15 mins , until water was clear before i put it in the tank, the aqua one has a wet dry filter system, wool - carbon cartridge, sponge- ceramic noodles, it runs 2000lt /hr, i also have a internal one going to help the water circulate, which has same media as the 850 , my ph is 7.8 with out doing anything, i asked the shop where i just spent $1000 , he suggested i pay him another $50 to get him to come with a micron filter , (got to love the service in bundaberg) is there any thing i can do , or will it take time to filter out the fine particles from this gravel, any advice would be appreciated. i found u guys by googling ur post on calcium gravel . ps.all i use in my tank at water changes is water ager ,amerite down and geo liquid for cichlids. regards Matty73 Edited February 16, 2015 by matty73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kainej Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I use calcium carb gravel in a few of my tanks, apart from the first day or 2 and when i stir it up they are allways very clear. I dont have much flow, only useing sponge filters. With your newly upgraded tank have you used old media? Or let the tank cycle? Because i may not be the gravel at all. I have had and seen a few tanks do this cloudy crap when not cycled properly, normally when it does this i just grab a bottle of quick start or anything like that(bottled bacteria) to help the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty73 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 HI kainej, No i used all the new media that came with it , ok i was looking up api stress zyme this will do? thanx for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
