sand settling

[boozzbro]

Ive just added about 80 lbs of sugar sized live sand to my new 75 gal tank. how long does it take for the sand to settle? This sand is a little lighter that i usually get but i want to get a sand sifting goby and they require the small sized sand. I added the sand last night around 8 or so. its been about 12 hours. my tanks have usually cleared up before this. is there anything i can add to help the tank clear up?
I had gotten about 50 lbs of live rock to start the cycle so i added it to the tank so it would stay alive. I still cant see into the tank to actually arrange the rocks and i woudl like to get that done.

 

[toughguy80]

So this is a new tank set up? If so, it'll take a few days to really be "clear". It's been awhile, but I think after I did this to my tank it took a good day or so before I could even make out the shapes of the live rock. To help it settle, if you have powerheads and skimmer going, shut them off for a bit. The less water movement you have, the quicker it'll settle.

 

[boozzbro]

yea this is tank mumber 3. im officially addicted i already have a 75 gal FOWLR and a 20 gal reef. this will be a 75 gal reef. but this one will take a while to get going i had some money so i figured id get it going and have the cycle start so when i have money available (after tax returns) i would be able to start adding livestock.
the only thing i have running is my sump return pump (kind of necessary) and the venturi pump for the skimmer in the sump. i would turn the skimmer off but a ton of organics came with the live sand and its creating sludge like crazy and i kind of want to get that out of the tank.