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ipsomatic9 Fingerling Posts: 38 Kudos: 16 Votes: 1 Registered: 13-Nov-2006	My wife and I just set up a new nano-reef tank (nothing but a couple hermit crabs and some live rock so far). We put in the live sand and as I expected it clouded the tank up but good. Over night all that dust settled and now covers all the rocks and the filter intake. It looks like ash from a volcano eruption! What is the best way to get rid of this without stirring it all up again? Will is eventually just go away? Advise please. "A fish swims through the sea, while the sea is in a certain sense contained within the fish." -mewithoutYou
Posted 09-Jan-2007 15:24
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	shake it off the rocks under the water, or you could use a powerhead to spray the rocks with the water from the tank and that would get it off them.
Posted 09-Jan-2007 16:40
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Just vacuum it off during a water change. Moving the rocks will cause the tank to cloud again. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 09-Jan-2007 16:50


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