Sand still clouding

[POLARBEAR0871]

Idk what to do I put sand in several days ago and it's still not settling I can't turn my power head on till I get it all to settle

 

[Fishninja]

Did u rinse it before u put it in

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Yeaaaaaah no idk how to do that

 

[Fishninja]

If u did not rinse it.... Big mistake what u will have to do is take the sand out. Then put it in a bucket run a hose in the bucket and swirl the water around empty the water and do it again until the water is clear when u swirl it

 

[Fishninja]

The purpose of rinseing it is so that u get the small particles of sand out

 

[Fishninja]

What u r seeing not settleing in the tank is the small particles that won't settle

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Ohhhhh ok is there any other way to do this cuz I don't wanna do that

 

[Fishninja]

Do what

 

[Fishninja]

Ohhhhh well u could try to siphon all the water out and see if the small particles come out but there is no garentee this method will work

 

[Raleighfishnerd]

If you have an old hob filter or canister you can set it up with just filter floss/poly fill and let it run for about an hour or so then change the material out with fresh. Make sure to disturb the sand bed a few times to get what has settled back into the water column.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Ohhh jezzz so it will never settle unless I takke it out by myself

 

[Fishninja]

Unfortunetly u most likely will in less u have an old filter that u don't mind if it gets ruined

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Idk what to do I put sand in several days ago and it's still not settling I can't turn my power head on till I get it all to settle

Quick ? Why no filter if you don't have a filter tank will always be cloudy.

 

[Dylan M.]

If u did not rinse it.... Big mistake what u will have to do is take the sand out. Then put it in a bucket run a hose in the bucket and swirl the water around empty the water and do it again until the water is clear when u swirl it

If its live sand wouldn't be bad to rinse it out with with just regular hose water?

 

[Greenstreet.1]

If its live sand wouldn't be bad to rinse it out with with just regular hose water?

Once sand come out and get rinse cycle will start over again

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

I'm using a filter cuz I want it to be more natural and artificial and plus I don't have any more outlets in my room lol and ill prolly go out and buy a cheap filter do you think I could use a filter for like a smaller tank to filter it out

 

[Fishninja]

Well he doesn't have a chose unless he wants cloudy water

 

[Fishninja]

Yes u could buy a smaller filter

 

[Fishninja]

But it will take longer to filter through

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I'm using a filter cuz I want it to be more natural and artificial and plus I don't have any more outlets in my room lol and ill prolly go out and buy a cheap filter do you think I could use a filter for like a smaller tank to filter it out

So what are you planing to use to keep the tank clean? Also why not just get a tank that's rated for the tank bad idea getting a small one you will need a filter on that tank that's just me I don't know what makes you feel you don't even the ocean has a natural filter.