Kinda too late now maybe... but ideally you want to put a few handfuls of
flourite in a 5 gallon pail and rinse it about 5-6 times with water in the
tub or from the hose. I spent about 3 hours cleaning two bags of flourite
for my 15 gallon aquarium.

When you first put it in, it will be cloudy. Be patient, in a few days
you'll see some good clearing up. You might want to clean out your filter

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"Connor Maltsberger" wrote in message
m...
I recently set up a 10g planted aquarium, and this time around I
thought i would try and use 100% flourite as a substrate. After
rinsing thoroughly and putting it in the tank, when i planted my
plants last night the tank was so cloudy i couldnt even see to the
back of the tank...so todayt he water was much more clear but all the
plants had a fine layer of 'dust' on them, so i took them out one by
one and rinsed them in water to get the dust off and replanted. After
i replanted tho, guess what, the water is back to its original
cloudiness so im guessing tomorrow this same 'dust' will be on the
plants again - is there anything i can do about this or is this really
a problem at all??? Any suggestions?

Thanks for yer help

Connor