Cloudy water

[United21Soccer]

This morning i noticed that my water was cloudy, so i looked in my tank and saw that my prefilter sponge was deteriorating. I then decided to take it out, as i though it would be a hazard. When taking it off, it was really soggy and fell apart when lifting :o. Obviously not a good thing >:(

My next move was to do an emergency water change, but after using up all my aged water, it is still cloudy.

Do you think it is a hazard, and if it is, what should i do?

[Carol_Roberts]

I bet a bunch was sucked into your filter too. Be sure to rinse it out. Probably won't hurt anything - just unsightly.

[United21Soccer]

How should i rinse it out ???

Clean the whole filter out?

[Carol_Roberts]

Yep, take it to the sink, remove internal media and dump out water inside filter. Rinse filter box under running faucet. rinse filter media in dechlorinated water.

[United21Soccer]

What do you think that will do to my becteria, though?

I don't want ammonia spikes :o

[brewmaster15]

I'd monitor your ammonia and nitrite levels.. sounds like you have new tank syndrome...Is this tanks you just added discus to?


-al

[Carol_Roberts]

I rinse out my filters every month or so and squeeze the inside sponges until the water runs clear.

You are just rinsing out the particles from the sponge that disintergrated.

[United21Soccer]

It's the tank i just added tanks to ;)

I guess i won't have that much of a problem with it since i do daily water changes...

[brewmaster15]

Hows the tank doing now?

-al