Rinsing sand?

HUNTER1 · 07/26/2013, 07:51 PM

I'm using RO/DI water for the tank but is it ok to rinse the sand with tap water? thanks

lurch71 · 07/26/2013, 07:56 PM

I did and it seems to work fine for me. I put the sand in a 5 gallon bucket and shoved the garden hose all the way to the bottom and let it rinse that way

msnwld · 07/26/2013, 08:30 PM

Rinse rinse rinse and rinse some more. I rinsed 40lbs with tap water for hours till the water was crystal clear then I had 10 gallons of rodi as a final slow rinse instead of rodi for the whole rinse which worked really well for me.

HUNTER1 · 07/26/2013, 08:35 PM

Sounds good thanks

07/26/2013, 07:51 PM	#1
HUNTER1 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,044	Rinsing sand? I'm using RO/DI water for the tank but is it ok to rinse the sand with tap water? thanks

07/26/2013, 07:56 PM	#2
lurch71 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: oregon Posts: 55	I did and it seems to work fine for me. I put the sand in a 5 gallon bucket and shoved the garden hose all the way to the bottom and let it rinse that way

07/26/2013, 08:30 PM	#3
msnwld Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Calvert, Maryland Posts: 99	Rinse rinse rinse and rinse some more. I rinsed 40lbs with tap water for hours till the water was crystal clear then I had 10 gallons of rodi as a final slow rinse instead of rodi for the whole rinse which worked really well for me.

07/26/2013, 08:35 PM	#4
HUNTER1 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,044	Sounds good thanks