After having a heater stay on and eliminating my community tank decided to do a cichlid tank. In the processing of setting up my tank, this is a 90G AG corner tank with built in overflow. Also running a Mag7 pump, filtration is a trickle with extra sump for pump/heater. Right now, no stock at all in tank, just a few holey rocks and a piece of driftwood.
Decided to go with Aragonite sugar sized sand for the substrate, after setting up, checking for leaks, etc. I let the system run a few days, had the typical cloudiness, after 2 days dropped in some Aquaclear, made a marked improvement but still not "clear", I then noticed the piece of driftwould I have in the tank is accumulating sand on it. What I think is happening is the sand is being sucked into the lower overflow inlets (roughly 2" - 2.5" above sand) and being recirculated into the water causing my continued cloudiness, I did add another dose of Aquaclear but didn't make a difference.
Any ideas? I could set something up (like a wall) to keep the sand from the bottom inlets, I have a barrel valve setup on the return line for the pump to reduce flow. Also using a 100 micron filter in the trickle.
Decided to go with Aragonite sugar sized sand for the substrate, after setting up, checking for leaks, etc. I let the system run a few days, had the typical cloudiness, after 2 days dropped in some Aquaclear, made a marked improvement but still not "clear", I then noticed the piece of driftwould I have in the tank is accumulating sand on it. What I think is happening is the sand is being sucked into the lower overflow inlets (roughly 2" - 2.5" above sand) and being recirculated into the water causing my continued cloudiness, I did add another dose of Aquaclear but didn't make a difference.
Any ideas? I could set something up (like a wall) to keep the sand from the bottom inlets, I have a barrel valve setup on the return line for the pump to reduce flow. Also using a 100 micron filter in the trickle.