Ive heard alot of people talk about intital cloudiness when adding sand. Well i have just started a new tank with sand and want to share my experiences for some quick advice.
Make sure you throughly wash the sand out in a bucket, dont be scared to loose alittle of the sand. I lost some but not very much. Keep churning the sand and letting the unsettled sand spill out the top of the bucket.
*NOTE* Wash medium size amounts, Although you can do it all it makes it easier only doing partial amounts.
After that place the sand in a empty tank. And place a gaint ziplock bag on top of the sand and fill the water up on top of the baggie. This prevents the water from stirring up the sand. This was the biggest thing to keep the cloudiness down aside from a good washing. Fill up tank part way and do your planting and decorations then continue to pour the water in on top of the bag.
I had absoultey no cloudiness in my water after filling it up, was quite suprised espically after seeing some other tanks with the same sand very cloudy. So anybody about to do sand might find out to be helpful or might not.
Make sure you throughly wash the sand out in a bucket, dont be scared to loose alittle of the sand. I lost some but not very much. Keep churning the sand and letting the unsettled sand spill out the top of the bucket.
*NOTE* Wash medium size amounts, Although you can do it all it makes it easier only doing partial amounts.
After that place the sand in a empty tank. And place a gaint ziplock bag on top of the sand and fill the water up on top of the baggie. This prevents the water from stirring up the sand. This was the biggest thing to keep the cloudiness down aside from a good washing. Fill up tank part way and do your planting and decorations then continue to pour the water in on top of the bag.
I had absoultey no cloudiness in my water after filling it up, was quite suprised espically after seeing some other tanks with the same sand very cloudy. So anybody about to do sand might find out to be helpful or might not.
