Guess who forgot to clean their new sand...
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BigDave
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One thing about waiting for dust to settle... You have to have 'somewhere' for it to go.
As of yesterday when I got home from work, the tank still didn't look any better. The tank has sand in it, but nothing else.
I brought home my live rock that's been living in a friend's tank and put it in mine last night. Just having the rock in there has given the sand silt some place to go. The rock is basically filtering the silt out of the water and by this morning you could already see most of the way through the tank.
I bet by this afternoon when I get home, most of it will be settled out.
Before:
This morning:
As of yesterday when I got home from work, the tank still didn't look any better. The tank has sand in it, but nothing else.
I brought home my live rock that's been living in a friend's tank and put it in mine last night. Just having the rock in there has given the sand silt some place to go. The rock is basically filtering the silt out of the water and by this morning you could already see most of the way through the tank.
I bet by this afternoon when I get home, most of it will be settled out.
Before:
This morning:
75mixedreef
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Not sure the rock makes much difference there, at least it shouldn't. Your clarity could be explained by your lights not being on. If you are driving in the fog your high beams will just illuminate the fog and reflect the light back at you, whereas your low beams will send light out under your range of vision allowing you to see past the fog. I'm thinking is it similar here where with your lights off you just don't see the particles in the water.
Your rock should not filter anything. If it creates dead spots then some silt could settle out but you don't want dead spots. Run some sort of a filter and try to catch as much of that crap as you can, even a hob filter stuffed with filter floss would help. Or turn your flow off, wait for it to settle, then siphon off the silt. You need some sort of manual removal where you can separate and then pull the silt out. If I were you, I'd try both methods, but mix up the sand bed first to get as much as you can.
Your rock should not filter anything. If it creates dead spots then some silt could settle out but you don't want dead spots. Run some sort of a filter and try to catch as much of that crap as you can, even a hob filter stuffed with filter floss would help. Or turn your flow off, wait for it to settle, then siphon off the silt. You need some sort of manual removal where you can separate and then pull the silt out. If I were you, I'd try both methods, but mix up the sand bed first to get as much as you can.
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