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 #4705  by tzg
 
Here is my newly setup tank, the seller of the shrimps also sold me his brackish water and it is a bit cloudy. Is there any way to make the water clear? :grin:
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 #4706  by Vorteil
 
Are you 100% sure it was the water that was cloudy and not the sand not being thoroughly clean? It should settle down.
 #4710  by odin
 
I was thinking the same thing too, it’s probably dust from the substrate and ornaments. It looks very nice though looking at the images! :happy:

You will get cloudy water soon from a bacterial bloom but this too will sort it’s self out. Good luck and keep us all up to date with how you progress!
 #4713  by tzg
 
i boil the corals, rinse multiple times and soak them in distilled water. same for substrate, i rinse them more than 5 times, maybe about 8 till im satisfied with the water clarity. I didnt expect the water to be so cloudy after putting in the tank. Sure, will just wait and watch what happen next. thank you guys! =)
 #4714  by tzg
 
I saw bio film after a few hrs i poured the water in, may i know what are they actually and hazardous or are they beneficial? Do i need to remove them? Thanks!
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 #4715  by odin
 
It’s a good thing to have this on your water, you will see a lot at the start until it gets eaten. Leave it where it is.


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 #4716  by tzg
 
no wonder my shrimps are not active and they arent red. :upset:

next step should be to add some biodigest or api quickstart?
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 #4719  by odin
 
PH is fine, salinity is fine but Nitrites and Nitrates are high so do a water change with fresh brackish water.

I’d do 50%

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 #4721  by tzg
 
what if i couldnt get brackish water, can i use distilled water and add more salt to maintain salinity?
 #4722  by odin
 
You cannot add salt directly to the tank once you have snails or shrimp, you need to make some fresh brackish water by adding salt to bottled water/RO water/distilled water, make it match the same salinity as your tank then remove some water from your tank and replace it with the brackish you just made. I advise making it in a clean bucket.
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