new 125 and Black Diamond sand???

[threeguns]

ha guys Im on here quit a bit usually dont say to much but I love big tanks .. so get to the meat here I finally bought a big tank ,, for me anyway ..125 plexiglass.. got a hell of a deal by the way.. bought 100 lbs of black diamond sand from tsc and rensed the hell out of it and I still have a film on the top of the water .. havent put the fish in it or the decor yet .. I thought I would run my fx5( out of a established tank) for a day or so .. think Im ok?? ALL Im putting ig it is my Poly collection Im workin on.. 1 Poly and 2 endi's about 12 inchs or so.. was really concerned about the film on the water.. hanks for the info ahead of time,, WendellM T

 

[bennyskinfield]

May sound strange but I used blue shop towels and just turned on my filters it never hurt my guys

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[Nighttouch]

If you have a fine net or filter sock, you can skim the surface of your water.

 

[spike38]

You may want to bleach it, Then rinse it again.
I setup a 55gal a couple of weeks ago using TSC Black Diamond sand.
After about a week, Had algae like you wouldn't believe.(green water)
I'm running an ehiem 2217, And an emperor 400.

Spike

 

[Nighttouch]

What would bleaching the sand do?

 

[spike38]

What would bleaching the sand do?

Kill any algae/mold in the sand(sterilize)

Spike

 

[Leptoe]

pics please!

 

[japbart]

Where'd u get black diamond sand? Where are u located?


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[Nighttouch]

Kill any algae/mold in the sand(sterilize)

Spike

OP doesn't have mold or algae; just surface film.

 

[JML1997]

I usually just use a net with very fine/small holes, and skim the surface picking anything up.