Sand Nightmare HELP!?!?!?

[Aqua Sanctuary]

ok guys im trying to get my 75 gallon going.

I bought 2 bags of play sand from Lowes and washed it in a bucket.
I ran the water and stirred the sand and rand the water until it was crystal clear.

Ok so I washed all the sand then when I put it in the aquarium water it is very cloudy.
Is this normal? I washed the hell out of this sand and the water in my bucket was clear.

Am I doing something wrong or will my cascade 1500 eventually get rid of it?

play sand is verrrrrry dirty I might add coming fresh from the bag.
.........takes lots of washing

 

[ken 429]

it will clear up.try putting a pre filter on your filter intake to keep sand out of your filter and ruining your impeller.also try using pool filter sand its much cleaner.

 

[ziggy2]

I agree with the above, but if you don't have fish in the tank, turn the filter off and let the sand settle first. It doesn't take long.

 

[AquataHolic420]

few days to be unnoticeable.

 

[smpage]

do two 75% water changes and you'll be fine.

 

[scadarette]

give it 2/3 days and stop worrying, it will clear up.

 

[upaquariest]

also be careful when you add water, that will stir the sand up, I had the same experience when I started my 55 I washed the sand forever and it was still cloudy but it took less then a week and its been crystal clear ever since. Use the prefilter and if you have it pack all kinds of filter floss in your filter.

 

[Greenaveli]

I like the pool filter sand much cleaner

 

[skiptomyzoo]

you can also buy drops (cant recall the name), which will weigh down the sand with bacteria that would otherwise take a while to form, i had the same problem and it worked within hours.

 

[fish head )'>]

too late to warn you about dirty sand. time and filtration it will clear up.