'sandstorm' or cloudy water??

[regent2010]

i have a new 180g + 75g sump-(Salinity is 1023, temp 74,all ro/di water +10 g old tank water,sand are 2 bags of med aragonite sand+2 bucket of rinsed sand) everything was alright b4 i throw in the last 40 lbs fine livesand. it was cloudy for 48 hours now. i dose 45 ml-Brightwell Microbacter 7 for every 24 hours for cycling. skimmer is off. tank is fully running(2 return pumps) for the last 2 days. now i decided to turn off the return pumps. how to clear up the water? amonia tested still under .05ppm.

 

[bertoni]

I would just ignore the cloudiness. I suspect you're seeing fine sand particles, and that'll clear up over time, especially when the feeding starts, as bacteria seem to coat the sand and weigh it down. If you want, you could try a diatom filter or something similar, to improve the looks.

 

[regent2010]

hope so. i installed a Seachem Ammonia Alert and it's show under 0.04ppm.