View Full Version : new tank question - sand in filter
wildman082
03-13-2008, 9:50 PM
Ok so I just set up a new tank (29 gallon). My first salt water. I have 30 pounds of live sand and 25 pounds of live rock in there I noticed my canister filter (marineland c-220) was making a crackling noise so i figured there was some sand or something stuck in there. I opened it up and it is full with sandy water. Do i want to get rid of that water? Or just leave it in there?
Thanks for any help!
wildman082
03-13-2008, 9:53 PM
ok i reconnected the filter and it shot sand all into my water. So now my tank is very very cloudy. Should i leave the filter running? or should i let the sand settle and then put it back on so the process doesnt repeat?
Blossom112
03-14-2008, 12:24 AM
i am a beginner........
Welcome and HELLO
i dont know anything about canister filters ,29gl is a fair sized tank what about a sump?
I am going to get a 29,bio cube sometime in the next month ,i saw it today and i may have a sump for it as it will cut down on canister cost etc....
just throwing some ideas lol
B
I have that same filter, I don't know how sand got in it. Odd. But you should be able to run it with a cloudy tank.
wildman082
03-14-2008, 9:13 AM
Well when I put the live rock in the sand got kicked up a lot. I could barely see the live rock in the tank. So then the filter must have sucked all that sand out of the water before it could settle.
jayghmi
03-14-2008, 9:53 AM
New sand bed will often take a couple of days to settle down.
Reefscape
03-14-2008, 5:35 PM
ok i reconnected the filter and it shot sand all into my water. So now my tank is very very cloudy. Should i leave the filter running? or should i let the sand settle and then put it back on so the process doesnt repeat?
Will be fine to keep running...A possible way the sand got i there is actually through the filter media...certainly not impossible.....keep filter media cleaned regular..
Robin Alv
03-14-2008, 5:56 PM
I ran mine when I put the sand in. It should be fine.