Ok, quick question to all you terrarium/paludarium builders out there. Over the weekend, I finished off my 55 gallon Paludarium(see picture section). I used cork bark to make the "walls" to hide the 7" false bottom. My water is now brown. So brown in fact, that you can't see through to the other side. I decided to get a filter. I picked up a Fluval 1 filter that is stated to do 50gph. There is only 7" of water in this tank, and after about 12-15 hours, the water is still brown! My question is, once the cork gets fully saturated, will it stop "bleeding", or do I need to get a more powerful filter?? PLEASE RESPOND!!
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Brown water...BLEGH!!
reptileink
Apr 25, 2005 07:34 AM
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Drosera
Apr 30, 2005 08:11 PM
Is the filter able to catch the brown tint? If not it sounds like you may have to drain/replace the water multiple times and over a long period of time before actually putting anything in there. Hope you find a fix.
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