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Permalink Reply by Vince on December 23, 2011 at 8:01pm

Water changes will clear it up. I did 50% every other day for a week and my tank was clear.good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on December 23, 2011 at 9:27pm

a good water change and filter will help. brown water is tanning.

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Permalink Reply by AsianKidOnTheBlock on December 26, 2011 at 10:42pm

Add some purigen to your filter and do daily water changes. It'll clear up in about a week.

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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on December 26, 2011 at 11:30pm

I think people are disturbing the dirt too much when filling. I've dirted a tank twice and never had cloudy water for more than a few hours.

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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on January 4, 2012 at 4:14pm

nope, the problem lie in soaking the dirt

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Permalink Reply by Ben on January 3, 2012 at 10:11pm

Is it still cloudy? Sounds like my laterite problem if its still an issues after several water changes and some settling period. What kind of dirt did you use?

The laterite I added to my tank had a lot of fine particles in it which leeches out through the top layer of gravel I have to hold it down causing a browning of the water. After 12 months I still get a tinge of yellow/brown.

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Permalink Reply by Tpidge on January 7, 2012 at 9:12am

I used the mirical Gro organic soil.

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