Sandy Problem

[TRITON1]

Hi. I am in the middle of setting up a 75g (from a 29g that I have had for a little less than a year) and have come across a problem. I bought some southdown sand from Home Depot and searched ReefCentral to see if I should rinse it or not. Much to my surprise alot of people were saying not rinse it because you could lose some of the smaller particle sized sand. So I did not bother rinsing it, but now wish I had. I filled the tank with RO/DI water and added the salt but now the tank it incredibly CLOUDY. Anyone know of a good way to get rid of the sand storm without draining all the water (it took 3 days to fill with my RO unit). I thinking mechanical filtration? Help please.

Thanks

 

[angelsj247]

it will settle.. dont worry about it. it will just take a day or two

 

[TRITON1]

Do you think I should turn off the powerheads and let it calm down?

 

[bertoni]

That'd be fine. Some live rock will help clear the water, by encouraging bacterial growth that will clump the sand a bit.