[Boulder]

I am in the process of setting up a 40-gallon FOWLER aquarium. Over the course of this week we have ...

• bought the tank, stand, and hood (cleaned, leveled, painted back glass)
• put 30lbs of dry Caribbean sand in (washed it thoroughly)
• put in about 35-gallons of salt-water purchased from our LFS (Reef Crystals)
• today put in 11-lbs of live rock with intention of putting in more LR on Sunday
• running a single power head for circulation
• running a simple Penguin power filter with a floss and carbon insert to agitate the surface and pull anything the floss/carbon might catch
• LFS told me a Protein Skimmer was not necessary at this point for my tank

A few questions at this stage of setting up the system:

1) Even though we washed the sand as instructed on the package - the water is still very milky over 24 hours later - is this normal?

2) We can barely see the live rock in the tank but we are seeing a few things moving around - normal I suppose?

3) I'm thinking of adding another 5-10lbs of live rock on Sunday and then considering a first fish or two next week - am I moving to fast?

Thanks everyone for any opinions or advice!