dsb question

[glinton]

Well, the tank is up and running. I bought the fine sand from CaribSea and mixed it with a little bit of cc. My tank is cloudy, which I know will clear up in a day or two. But the fine sand that is settling out of the water is creating a fine layer of sand on top of the dsb. Whenever I disturb it at all, it blows all over the place again. Will this fine layer go away after a while? What do I do with it, if anything?

 

[azonic]

Yes that will sift it's way to the bottom of the sand bed. It's just basically the dust that was in the bag with the sand...give it a week or two and the problem will be non-existant. I had the same thing with my tank.

 

[eddywill]

Sorry but that doesn't ring a bell! I have used fine sand in a tank before and it all settle down after 48 hours! I really like the fine stuff but in my reef tank I have way too much water flow to attemp that again! Eddy

 

[slothy]

that and as the bacteria starts to attach itself .. the grains get heavier

 

[jonthefb]

it will eventually sift its way down under the heavier/larger granuals, and as your sandbed is inhabited by critters, it will be excavated and brought back to the surface. i have a worm or somethign that does this and leaves piles of coild sand poo all around the tank.
good luck
jon