Help!

lifesworksataol · #1 01/10/2008, 10:24 PM

i bought the socks for filters and instead of washing them like i always do i just put them on the tank. well my skimmers went crazy with foam then once i got the socks out the skimmers had no foam and my tank is milky cloudy. i am running carbon, phosban and denitrate. i only have so much water for water changes which i will do, but has anyone had this problem and what happened?

jade2122 · #2 01/10/2008, 10:34 PM

were they brand new? when i bought mine i never washed them when first using and didn't have a problem. did you get them from somewhere that they could have gotten chemicals on them?

lifesworksataol · #3 01/10/2008, 10:38 PM

nope they were brand new and no chemicals as far as i know. my alk looks a little low - but who knows with those stupid color tests! they all look so much a like!

jade2122 · #4 01/10/2008, 11:02 PM

I'm not sure how a filter sock would cause this. i guess just hope carbon and such will remove whatever is causing it.

lifesworksataol · #5 01/10/2008, 11:04 PM

i threw some alk buffer in there - i hope everything will be ok! stupid me not washing them first :-( they felt weird but i thought it was cause it was new - thanks for posting jess

thor32766 · #6 01/10/2008, 11:30 PM

hey moron had the same problem from ones I bought at reefworks. MY skimmer went insane. I washed them and everything was ok.

lifesworksataol · #7 01/10/2008, 11:35 PM

sweet - i meant to ask you while i was on the phone and then i forgot. my water is all cloudy though still.

lifesworksataol · #8 01/10/2008, 11:37 PM

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MitchReef · #9 01/11/2008, 09:27 AM

Did you check you phosphates? If they, or the fabric they were made from was washed with regular detergent and not rinsed well enough, you would have phosphates....that's what soap is really....Just keep running your carbon, etc...it will clear.....

When do you want to swap stuff???

lifesworksataol · #10 01/11/2008, 11:31 AM

tomorrow? ill be in altamonte springs

Cheekmonkey · #11 01/11/2008, 04:05 PM

yea all will be fine

lifesworksataol · #12 01/11/2008, 04:12 PM

yea everything is fine - i dumped a little alk in there and it was good to go
thanks everyone

MitchReef · #13 01/11/2008, 08:02 PM

Yeah Jason, give me a shout tomorrow when you are headed to Altamonte, unless it's really early....I will yank some stalks and meet up with ya....

Mitch

keithntracy · #14 01/11/2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thor32766
hey moron had the same problem from ones I bought at reefworks. MY skimmer went insane. I washed them and everything was ok.

Such love

lifesworksataol · #15 01/12/2008, 12:12 AM

yea i know - thats how he talks to all his friends
WHAT!? HAHAHAHAHAH
you slay me!

lifesworksataol · #16 01/12/2008, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MitchReef
Yeah Jason, give me a shout tomorrow when you are headed to Altamonte, unless it's really early....I will yank some stalks and meet up with ya....

Mitch

how does 11:15 sound?
what about the red digi, "some live rock"and the mangroves?