New Tank But Need Help (Sand Question)

[Bud_Man_Jr]

i got a 125 and bought white sand blasting sand.and omg after 1 day s it cloudy.any ides.what shoud i do plz help

 

[milkman407]

try and either take the sand out and wash it before putting it back in. which i dont think is possible. But that happens the first day or 2 let it filter through and check your filter every day and rinse it out so the sand dosent get clogged

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

help

 

[messiner]

so did you clean the sand thouroghly before it went into the tank??? maybe add some accu-clear to bunch up the dust particles.

 

[milkman407]

Chill it will clear up over time.. thats what u get if u dident clean it before ptuting it in.

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

how do you clean sand.i put some aqua clear in

 

[CHOMPERS]

You can siphon it out into a bucket and then wash it outside. Use a garden hose to keep it stirred up in the bucket, but do not use so much pressure as to cause the sand to flow out of the bucket. The silt will suspend and you can dump that out. When the sand stops producing silt, then it is ready to go back into the tank. You can use a tarp to hold your sand if you can not find enough buckets.

 

[Kuda]

i wouldent recoomend putting chemiclas in the tank, it will take time and will eventually settle but then if the sand is disturbed it will be cloudy again, sounds like a 100% waterchange to me, ALWAYS RINSER UR SH*T!!!!!

 

[messiner]

how do you clean sand.i put some aqua clear in

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