I got a new 50 gallon i got mud and sand from a pond by my house i put the mud down first and then the sand i wased the sand a little bit before i put it in the tank when i filled it the water was the color it is in the tank affter 12 hours. I dont want to run a filter and want to know if i can get clear water doing this
Posted by HotEvent5977
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Fill it up, get some clean poly fill, stick it either in your filter or stuff it in a water bottle and attatch to a power head inlet. Should clear up in a few days.
Another option is to fill it partially up a few times and do a few water changes. Each time you fill it back up. Pour water back in ontop of a plastic bag so it doesn’t stir up more sediment
Eventually it’ll settle, but everytime you put water in or move something it’ll kick back up, a filter while cos tantly change the Floss would get rid of alot of it
I’d wait for others to chime in, but I think gathering mud+sand from the outside was likely not a good idea. Rocks and wood can be heat treated to be made safe, but mud and sand are a different story. I’m not nearly as experienced as others, though, so wait for more info to be posted first.
In a general sense; yes, the water will clear up, but it takes time for particles to settle.
Not sure getting local mud and sand was a good idea. Seems like a recipe for a lot of foreign organisms the will probably hit tropical fish. That said unless your going to catch local fish and put them in in which case it’s pretty small of a tank
I run bare gravel in my tanks and get great plant growth and shrimp populations.
Dirt and mud is for 5yr old kids.