Southdown sand = Cloudy water?

PupChow · 03/03/2006, 06:55 PM

I dropped half a bag of Southdown in my tank last week, and till this day it still looks like skim milk in my tank... is there any way to get rid of this besides lots and lots of water change? I probably rinsed the sand once or twice before dropping them in.

I just put on an AquaClear filter today with its sponge, I think the milky white substance is too tiny to be trapped.

xdusty6920 · 03/03/2006, 07:03 PM

filter floss or polyfilters will work as will carbon. no matter how fine the particles all will settle ........eventually. your flow is just keeping it in the water column

mr pink floyd · 03/03/2006, 07:11 PM

mine cleared up within 2 days, but i couldnt tell becasue my damsel was digging alot, put some cotton balls in yer filter or sump, clears it up in abotu a day

sean48183 · 03/03/2006, 08:42 PM

It will clear up but will always be a problem with blowing around. Everytime a fish kicks it up it will blow all around your tank. I will not be using it on my next tank.

PupChow · 03/03/2006, 09:05 PM

filter floss & polyfilter sounds like something I want to try next. I am running carbon already I am hoping that will help. Will I need to get a special filter for the filter floss / polyfilter, or can I get a sheet / pack of them and put it in my aquaclear filter?

Cotton balls? Are you serious??

I have always used Southdown, but never has it been this bad... this is pretty crazy. Alternatively, I can turn off all the flow and let it all settle down and try to siphon out the top layer... but I am thinking some sort of mechanical filtration will do a much thourghout job.

Teremei · 03/04/2006, 01:03 AM

-Skimmer
-Polyfilter (you put this in your regular filter it's like HUGE cotton balls)
-Carbon

Trust me it will go away after awhile. You don't want that very fine "powder" settling you want it out of the tank. .

PupChow · 03/04/2006, 05:45 AM

Thank you much guys!

mcox33 · 03/04/2006, 05:58 AM

My brother put the southdown in his new tank and we took out all we could before adding the rock and coral. It was even settling in the bottom of his protein skimmer. Just get rid of it in my opinion

03/03/2006, 06:55 PM	#1
PupChow Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derwood, MD Posts: 572	Southdown sand = Cloudy water? I dropped half a bag of Southdown in my tank last week, and till this day it still looks like skim milk in my tank... is there any way to get rid of this besides lots and lots of water change? I probably rinsed the sand once or twice before dropping them in. I just put on an AquaClear filter today with its sponge, I think the milky white substance is too tiny to be trapped.

03/04/2006, 05:45 AM	#7
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03/04/2006, 05:58 AM	#8
mcox33 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nitro, West Virginia Posts: 2,261	My brother put the southdown in his new tank and we took out all we could before adding the rock and coral. It was even settling in the bottom of his protein skimmer. Just get rid of it in my opinion __________________ Mary Current Tank Info: 90 Saltwater Reef, 2 x 400 watt MH, 4 x 65 watt PC, 1 x 24 watt 48" T-5 + 4 blue led's, Dual chamber MRC Calcium Reactor, Huge DIY Kalkwasser reactor (made by someone else) Auto Top Off and Aquatecture Plus Skimmer

03/03/2006, 07:03 PM	#2
xdusty6920 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 2,261	filter floss or polyfilters will work as will carbon. no matter how fine the particles all will settle ........eventually. your flow is just keeping it in the water column

03/03/2006, 07:11 PM	#3
mr pink floyd Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: west hartford, CT Posts: 3,480	mine cleared up within 2 days, but i couldnt tell becasue my damsel was digging alot, put some cotton balls in yer filter or sump, clears it up in abotu a day

03/03/2006, 08:42 PM	#4
sean48183 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: michigan Posts: 1,577	It will clear up but will always be a problem with blowing around. Everytime a fish kicks it up it will blow all around your tank. I will not be using it on my next tank.

03/03/2006, 09:05 PM	#5
PupChow Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derwood, MD Posts: 572	filter floss & polyfilter sounds like something I want to try next. I am running carbon already I am hoping that will help. Will I need to get a special filter for the filter floss / polyfilter, or can I get a sheet / pack of them and put it in my aquaclear filter? Cotton balls? Are you serious?? I have always used Southdown, but never has it been this bad... this is pretty crazy. Alternatively, I can turn off all the flow and let it all settle down and try to siphon out the top layer... but I am thinking some sort of mechanical filtration will do a much thourghout job.

03/04/2006, 01:03 AM	#6
Teremei Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Chicago (one hour west) Posts: 2,751	-Skimmer -Polyfilter (you put this in your regular filter it's like HUGE cotton balls) -Carbon Trust me it will go away after awhile. You don't want that very fine "powder" settling you want it out of the tank. .