I've had my tank set up for about a week now and the sand I put in there was an oolitic aragamax. The problem is that my water is so freakin cloudy that you can barely see in it. I drained my 55 last night scooped all 90lbs out and rinsed it again. Three hours it took to rinse it all. I mixed up my water again and added the sand back in. It's better then what it was but its still cloudy. Will this go away or do I have to live with it. I was planning on adding the LS on Friday. Will it settle? HOw long do I have to deal with this?
Frustrated with Sand
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Adding Live Sand should actually speed the settling of the sand, as the bacteria introduced will begin to spread and weigh down the suspended particles of sand.
I have only 100 pounds of Southdown in my 125 (I'll add a lot more once I get my live rock). It was a big cloudy mess for ten days. Today, I came home to a perfectly clear tank. I suspect I have some bacteria now to stick to the particals and weigh them down. Patience, patience, patience.
Its getting better today, I didn't think it would ever clear, it looked like I poured 55 gallons of milk in a tank LOL I appreciate the advice.
Yea, my tank was cloudy like that for two weeks, despite having LR and live sand in the tank...
I got fed up and added an AC300 with a lot of carbon in it. The water was clear in one night.
I got fed up and added an AC300 with a lot of carbon in it. The water was clear in one night.
Funny. I'll be dumping in 200 pounds of SD soon. I purchased a couple of those FW cartride filters to put over my intake to filter out the stuff for a few hours to speed things up a bit...