Have I done something wrong?

[thomas]

Tonight I tryed putting something called "ORCA FILTER MEDIA: Better Filter Medium for Better Filter" into a freshwater aqerium here.

I followed all the instructions, but instantly after putting it into the filter it started changing the water to a very cloudy color, noticable in even small ammounts. I didn't expect or like this so I took it out very quickly and decided to come here to get further infomation.

It's been a couple hours, and the fish appear about the same, but the waters still cloudy, what should I do? Is this bad?

It says on the packet that this is Activated carbon and ziolite.

 

[cat.fish]

i have activated carbon in my tank with no problems so i think that it might be the ziolite.

 

[tstenback]

Did you rinse the media before putting it in the filter?

 

[thomas]

No

But it didn't say too on the package, I have reread it 100 times looking for that, but it simply does not say it. And there are no other instructions with it.

EDIT: By the way, it's been around a little under 12 hours, all the fish look pritty good.
Cloudyness has pritty much gone.

 

[semper fi]

waht color is the cloudiness?

 

[thomas]

White, I think it's from white power that was on the rock things.

 

[canarsie11]

Rinse anything that goes in tank

 

[thomas]

I normally do.