play sand

[coast2coast7390]

i used playsand in my pond rinsed it still made the water cloudy
i should have got sand from my LFS

 

[Dholmblad]

why? you would have paid so much more. Did you do the vinegar test? The sand will eventually settle.

 

[coast2coast7390]

no how do you do that

 

[chrisstie]

Apply vinegar to a sample of dry sand.. if it fizzes it is a sign that it is... Aragonite? or at least something that technically should be compatible with keeping a tank... I think. Never actually did it myself.

Sand can take a few days to settle down too

 

[rustybucket145]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask how you added the sand and water to the tank....?

Any sand's going to cloud a little, not the sands fault.....

 

[coast2coast7390]

its silicate sand...well according to the bag

and

i drained as much water as i could would it have been better if i washed it then dryed it

it clouded a lot

 

[rustybucket145]

no, the best way would have been to leave the tank full, fill a bucket about half way with the clean sand and the other half with tank water then slowly lower the bucket in the tank and gradually dump the sand out of the bucket directly onto the bottom of the tank.

Silicate sand is fine to use.

Also, too late now but for future reference.... when washing sand dump all your sand into a trashcan type vessle, turn the hose on and push the nozzle of the hose all the way to the bottom of the barrel. This is much easier than it sounds. The flowing water displaces the sand and allows you to sink the nozzle relatively easy. Once on the bottom just let the water run for a while. Then move the nozzle to the other side of the bottom of the barrel and repeat as necessary.

This could take as long as a couple of hours depending on how much sand you have. But at least you can do it all at one time instead of spreading it out over several days.

 

[coast2coast7390]

thats what i did...exactly...

 

[HBtank]

Give it time. A canister filter with fine filter floss helps, but that's a lot of water to filter..

 

[StefanHayek]

It clears in a few days. Although it always feels like a couple of weeks

 

[coast2coast7390]

it started to clear up i can barely see the bottom