yonykins
New member
Hi everyone!
First post here! It's a bit of a long one for detail and clarity, but I have a TL;DR at the end.
I'm in a bit of a sticky situation here.
I did my reading around the internet and decided to get sand for my tank as I was worried sick about my dear Leviathan accidentally swallowing a rock.
I had taken out most of the small rocks from his tank, but I was still worried.
Also, he seems to be missing -all- of his toes except one, and I thought the rough gravel may be contributing to that, or at least to them not growing back.
I bought some sand, had a friend help me clean it out.
We used coffee filters in pasta straining bowls, and we ran water through them until they ran clean. When I was rinsing the last batch of sand, I noticed the edges of the sand were running cloudy even though the water running through the middle was clear.
I think the sand may not have been washed well enough. The tank is still murky even after being left for five hours, and having my filter running. It was improved, but it looks milky and I can't see through it to see any of the things placed in the tank.
I've been reading other posts about this on the forum, and re-washing the sand is recommended.
However, I don't have another tank to put my axxie in!
The poor guy has been in small tuber ware containers all day! I have two that I've been rotating out.
I'd like to minimize his stress. I really love him, you know?
TL;DR
My tank is cloudy after adding sand over five hours ago. It was rinsed, maybe not enough. I have my axolotl in a tubberware container, as I don't have an extra tank. Should I put him back in the murky tank, or leave him in the smaller container?
First post here! It's a bit of a long one for detail and clarity, but I have a TL;DR at the end.
I'm in a bit of a sticky situation here.
I did my reading around the internet and decided to get sand for my tank as I was worried sick about my dear Leviathan accidentally swallowing a rock.
I had taken out most of the small rocks from his tank, but I was still worried.
Also, he seems to be missing -all- of his toes except one, and I thought the rough gravel may be contributing to that, or at least to them not growing back.
I bought some sand, had a friend help me clean it out.
We used coffee filters in pasta straining bowls, and we ran water through them until they ran clean. When I was rinsing the last batch of sand, I noticed the edges of the sand were running cloudy even though the water running through the middle was clear.
I think the sand may not have been washed well enough. The tank is still murky even after being left for five hours, and having my filter running. It was improved, but it looks milky and I can't see through it to see any of the things placed in the tank.
I've been reading other posts about this on the forum, and re-washing the sand is recommended.
However, I don't have another tank to put my axxie in!
The poor guy has been in small tuber ware containers all day! I have two that I've been rotating out.
I'd like to minimize his stress. I really love him, you know?
TL;DR
My tank is cloudy after adding sand over five hours ago. It was rinsed, maybe not enough. I have my axolotl in a tubberware container, as I don't have an extra tank. Should I put him back in the murky tank, or leave him in the smaller container?