Added sand to tank.Tank is cloudy. HELP!

[east tx]

Well I went from a 55 gal. to 75 gal. yesterday.
Added 30 lbs. of Aragonite sand on the bottom with LS on top of it. I thought I rinsed it good, but I guess not. If that's why it cloudy.
Well it clear up? If so how good does it take?
I hoping this won't harm the guys in the tank.
Can I do anything or just wait it out?????
Thanks

 

[i3luedragon]

This is natural and it will clear if you wait patiently. They shouldn't be harmed unless you did something serious to dismantle your substrate and release major bacteria that should be sleeping under there. Next time you should use a tube or siphon the new sand to your existing sand so that it won't spew everywhere.

 

[andymi]

Wait for a couple days and it should settle down a bit for you. No worries.
--Andy

 

[b_ball12_99]

I agree to wait. If it doesn't clear in 2-3 days then we will have to come up with a new solution.

 

[broomer5]

IF you've got an old powerfilter around you can hang it on and run, cleaning the filter media often. That may speed things up a little ... but as others have already said ... just wait and it will clear.
Patience is one of the hardest things have sometimes.
[ June 11, 2001: Message edited by: broomer5 ]

 

[@knight]

East TX,
you still having probs with your tank?
How did you add your sand?
I am having the same problem.

 

[east tx]

@knight
I rinse the sand, added it to the 75 gal. I got a plastic dustpan and took it out of the 55, draining the excess water off.
Then added water,& LR.
I have been cleaning the filters and my protien skimmer couple times a day.
The tank looks better this afternoon. The only bad thing was that it was so cloudy yesterday that I had a hard time placing my corals on the rocks, had to go back this morning and try again.
Can't find my Yellow Watchman. And my turned a dark pink.
When did you do yours? And how?
I guess it takes time.
Hang in there!! And that's hard.
GOOD LUCK!

 

[@knight]

did mine on the 7th, i put up a thread too.
mine was grey untill I added the Naures Ocean, then it turned pink.
Mr. Salty is recommending a polishing flter. I'll have to check it out.
BTW, How dry are you down there? you get flooded? We got some of the spin-off and they were nasty storms.

 

[east tx]

@knight
Hope your tank does better. Keep me posted on how it does, I may have to do the same thing.
Is it better this morning.
Yep, we got alot of rain here up till Sunday and now it's so humid and hot.
I have a brother that works in Tulsa and he just moved to Collinvilles. ( I think that how you spell it)
I don't know about your area but there arn't
many hobbyist in salt water down here. Or I can't find them.
Looks like up North and East have more into it. It must do better, maybe longer winters or something. How about Tulsa??

 

[toddius]

I'm from east texas and your right there aren't many people into saltwater mostly exotic freshwater. I'm from the beaumont area.

 

[txduckhunter]

hey EastTX and toddius there are quite a few from East Texas here i am from Orange and know of quite a few people who are into SW.

 

[east tx]

Hey Txduckhunter
I really don't know where Orange is.
I'm about I hour from Shreveport La. But can't find but afew salt water here.

 

[@knight]

i got some cheap white filter material, it looks like poly-fill stuffing. I stuffed in as much as I could into my emporer 400. it made my water splarkle in 4 hrs. cost less than 3 bucks too.
How's yours doing?

 

[east tx]

Mine is almost there. I think by the time I get off work today it should be good as new.
It takes time.
Did all your fish do ok, going though it?
Thanks everybody for the help......

 

[txduckhunter]

I generally run a piece of foam in my sump, it makes an excellent filter media and you can wash it out, just go to your local hobby store. Be sure to rinse it out before adding it to your sump.
BTW, Orange is about 20 miles East of Beaumont