Murky Water

[Spiceweasel69]

Finally set up my tank today after it being bare for 3 months in the lounge. 10mm layer of JBL aquabasis pro then 50mm layer of black roman gravel. Fitted a back to nature cabkground so things were looking up. then as i came to fill the tank i turned on the hose and disaster.

The pressure came out too high and muxed up a good square foot of gravel and aquabasis. Aesthetically i can sort it out, but it has really clouded the water. Will this settle or do i need to drain and start again. Also , set up new fluval fx5 with 2 water polishing pads. Would it be wise to leave this on or would the water clear itself anyway?

 

[Truck]

Finally set up my tank today after it being bare for 3 months in the lounge. 10mm layer of JBL aquabasis pro then 50mm layer of black roman gravel. Fitted a back to nature cabkground so things were looking up. then as i came to fill the tank i turned on the hose and disaster.

The pressure came out too high and muxed up a good square foot of gravel and aquabasis. Aesthetically i can sort it out, but it has really clouded the water. Will this settle or do i need to drain and start again. Also , set up new fluval fx5 with 2 water polishing pads. Would it be wise to leave this on or would the water clear itself anyway?

run some floss and it will sort its self out

 

[Spiceweasel69]

Finally set up my tank today after it being bare for 3 months in the lounge. 10mm layer of JBL aquabasis pro then 50mm layer of black roman gravel. Fitted a back to nature cabkground so things were looking up. then as i came to fill the tank i turned on the hose and disaster.

The pressure came out too high and muxed up a good square foot of gravel and aquabasis. Aesthetically i can sort it out, but it has really clouded the water. Will this settle or do i need to drain and start again. Also , set up new fluval fx5 with 2 water polishing pads. Would it be wise to leave this on or would the water clear itself anyway?

run some floss and it will sort its self out

Cheers. Ill give it a go. theres a lot still coming through the gravel its quite surreal - it looks like the gravel is steaming. No heater in there yet tho.

 

[Spiceweasel69]

Came down this morning and there is no change.im now using 3 water polishing pads in my fluval fx5 and have been all day, and the water is still the same. Is this a 'wait this one out' or 'change the water' situation. Also, when i plant i will be disturbing te substrate so i dont really want to be making this a regular thing on top of normal wate changes.