New tank.

[Benhamine]

I have a 55 gallon. I have 1.014 salanity. I put 20 lbs fine grain sand and 40 lbs of live sand (black) my water is cloudy. Check out the picture. Good ph and alk too. Please help!

 

[XxVooDooxX]

You defiantly need a higher salinity

 

[Benhamine]

You defiantly need a higher salinity

But it that causing it to be so murky?

 

[hackteck]

no that happens when you first put the water in, it will clear up after a few days maybe

 

[Benhamine]

no that happens when you first put the water in, it will clear up after a few days maybe

Do you think I should keep running my filter and powerhead?

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Absolutely!

 

[Benhamine]

Absolutely!

And coralife uv light on or off

 

[XxVooDooxX]

The powerhead will help stir everything up and as stared above you should start to see a noticeable difference in a couple days at most

 

[XxVooDooxX]

I would keep it going as if you had fish in it. That's what I did, but I'm not a pro

 

[Benhamine]

Ok thank you! Well I'l give it a fewdaysand see what happens

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Keep us posted with plenty of pictures!

 

[Trusty_one]

Live sand usually comes with a rectifier or mine did its in a little packet somewhere in the bag pour that in and it makes the silt settle within a day. Idk if different brands do not have a packet but should settle eventually just letting u know about the packet in case its in ur tank somewhere

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[Xathos]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one, I started a tank yesterday and mine looks exactly the same with nothing in it so far but sand. It's so thick and murky it's impossible to see anything.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Haha! Yeah I thought my tank would never clear up but rest assured, it does and will

 

[0o.Kelsey.o0]

Rinsing your sand out is a must in my opinion. I always rinse mine out about 10 times before putting it in the tank, you guys can see why On a side note particles do settle quicker in salt water...i doubt raising your salinity to 1.025 will be enough of a change to quicken the process much though haha

 

[Benhamine]

Well I'l post a picture tomorrow as well. Hopefully it starts to clear up. I didn't have a package in my tank, although when I introduced the black live sand there were multiple small woodchips.. Hmm

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Well. when I was saying to raise the salinity I was only saying that because 1.014 is not enough to support fish

 

[Brough5754]

My sand came with this bio-magnet in ti and it cleared right up

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Nice, mine didn't! Had to wait forever for clearing

 

[Benhamine]

Looks a little more clear today.. It's definitely making progress