Sand clouding tank.

[Jpcrash1]

Hi , my tank is about a month old, it has fine live sand in it .The hermit crabs seem to kick up the sand and make the water hazy. I was told not to rinse the sand before putting it in the tank. Will the sand always haze the tank or will it eventually bind together as it gets older?

 

[sealtea116]

If it is really fine u have to became full because it can easily be stirred up

 

[webrage]

im in the same situation.

 

[webrage]

so today my tank is already clearing up a lot on its own. i would say its cleared up 50% and i hope by tomorrow it will be all the way cleared up but i still do have some foam around the top of the water edge, i did not ever have anything in this tank and this is my first time having water in it. my buddy did a water change and gave me 30 gallons of water. i trust his, he has a hearty tank. he also gave me his sea urchin since it loves to reorganize his tank and it drives him nuts. I picked up 40 gallons of live sand from a friend of his and rised it throughly with water. is it ok to use hose water or should i have RODI water for this to?

 

[webrage]

today it has cleared up almost 100%.

 

[lonbrat]

so today my tank is already clearing up a lot on its own. i would say its cleared up 50% and i hope by tomorrow it will be all the way cleared up but i still do have some foam around the top of the water edge, i did not ever have anything in this tank and this is my first time having water in it. my buddy did a water change and gave me 30 gallons of water. i trust his, he has a hearty tank. he also gave me his sea urchin since it loves to reorganize his tank and it drives him nuts. I picked up 40 gallons of live sand from a friend of his and rised it throughly with water. is it ok to use hose water or should i have RODI water for this to?

You should use RODI water, but I used sink water to clear up my sand with fine particles >^>... If you rinsed it, it probably doesn't contain much bacteria anymore, but it will cycle back. ^^ to clear up fogginess you could use a product called "clarity" it binds to the extra fine particles and makes them stick to your filter.
It worked wonders for me when my tank clouded up, but I haven't used it recently due to not wanting to loose bacteria in my filter.

Your sand will most likely act up when it's disturbed, but you could also buy a thicker filter pad, filter floss..? It looks like a piece of felt lol. It will also help pick up smaller particles.

^^ I've been dealing with my dumb fine sand for a while

 

[topenjoin]

You also might be going through a bacterial bloom. Happen to me about a month into cycling. My water was very hazy. From what I read it was pretty common and would go away on its own.

 

[Blue spot]

Had this on an earlier tank where I used very fine sand. You could also try a spare pump with some filter floss wrapped around it . Just keep changing the floss and it should clear up quickly. using fine sand I think you are always prone to getting particles in the water though ( Very annoying ). In the end I added some coarser sand and slowly filtered out the fine stuff, it also helped damp things down

 

[Kahlypso]

I had the same issue. I used a combination of live sand and dry sand. I rinsed the dry sand (but apparently not well enough). Tank was cloudy for two days and every time I moved something it clouded up again. So I bought some filter floss to trap the small particles and arranged it on my outlet tube sort of like a filter sock. Has worked wonders!

I keep stirring up the sand to get as much small dust out as I can.

 

[archmod]

The joys of fine sand. It will clear up but will continue fogging up the water when you disturb it for a while.

 

[webrage]

You should use RODI water, but I used sink water to clear up my sand with fine particles >^>... If you rinsed it, it probably doesn't contain much bacteria anymore, but it will cycle back. ^^ to clear up fogginess you could use a product called "clarity" it binds to the extra fine particles and makes them stick to your filter.
It worked wonders for me when my tank clouded up, but I haven't used it recently due to not wanting to loose bacteria in my filter.

Your sand will most likely act up when it's disturbed, but you could also buy a thicker filter pad, filter floss..? It looks like a piece of felt lol. It will also help pick up smaller particles.

^^ I've been dealing with my dumb fine sand for a while

Yea my buddy sent me to a guy who had sand for sale, and he told me to do that. when i told my buddy he just shook his head in shame. Learned the hard way. But now i know for future reference to not rinse LIVE SAND that it is live and has bacteria for a reason

 

[jml1149]

After your cycle is complete, and all that fine sand is coated in bacteria, it will stick together like gangbusters.

 

[ericarenee]

When i had sand in my display i keep a bottle of this around... Like a cap full per 10 gallons if i remember correctly. 1 hour later it will be clear... It basically helps he fine particles suspended in the water column bind together so they are heavy enough to sink
Carib sea puts a small packet of this in most of there Live sand bags now days...

I Do not like using chemicals in my Tank But i did use this when i had sand and no ILL effect .....

http://www.amazon.com/Caribsea-BioMagnet-Clarifier-Aquarium-8-Ounce/dp/B001F95N9S