Oops...forgot to rinse the aragonite!

bureau13 · 05/14/2006, 02:50 PM

OK, so I am adding sand, and filling up with water. I had a mix of those "aragalive" bags of "live sand" in water, no need to rinse that. But then I had some other dry "non-live" aragonite sand that I added, and I just added that straight too. Now when I added water, I have a cloudy, milky mess. I have about a third of the water in there (tank is a 240 gal). Should I just go ahead and finish adding the water so I can get my pumps working, stick some filter floss in the path and try to filter it all out, or would I be better off draining the water "rinsing" it that way?

jds

Ereefic · 05/14/2006, 02:53 PM

You also forgot to finish your post.

Danables · 05/14/2006, 02:57 PM

its fine just fill it up and use some cotton it will be clean by the end of the day

Amy83820 · 05/14/2006, 03:00 PM

Go ahead and add the rest of the water. If you wait for it to settle down and then add it, it will just be cloudy again.

bureau13 · 05/14/2006, 05:16 PM

Seriously, there was maybe a minute between my misfire (damn browser keeps moving the cursor on me) and the completed re-edit. I can't believe someone actually jumped in to read a thread as lame as this one that quickly!

jds

bureau13 · 05/14/2006, 05:18 PM

Thanks for the replies everyone else

I'll go ahead and keep adding it then. It looks like a toxic wasted dump right now, but its kind of nostalgic. A group of us from work went diving in some not-so-great weather a few years ago off the coast here (Ft Lauderdale) and it felt like some kind of Navy seal operation...crazy currents and 0 visibility. I've got Florida coastal storm biotope going here!

jds

Ereefic · 05/14/2006, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by bureau13
Seriously, there was maybe a minute between my misfire (damn browser keeps moving the cursor on me) and the completed re-edit. I can't believe someone actually jumped in to read a thread as lame as this one that quickly!

jds

You can count on me!!

PHIN FAN · 05/14/2006, 06:24 PM

pretty good stuff, I'm sure it happens more than ppl like to admit.

bureau13 · 05/20/2006, 10:24 PM

Well, I'm not having much luck filtering this crap out. I hooked up a Magnum 350 canister filter and ran that for a couple days. It was much clearer this morning, but I'm pretty sure that's more due to the dust settling on the surface of the sand than the actual filter....I stireed up the sand and it was just as milky as before. I don't think it really helps me to let it settle out, as I have a pair of gold-striped maroon clowns which love to kick up the sand. If they they do that in this tank as it is now, I won't see anything for days afterward. I'm going to try putting a filter sock over the drain, see if that helps. Other than that...anyone have any other ideas? This is really starting to annoy me!

jds

JmLee · 05/20/2006, 10:30 PM

LOL i think ur kinda SOL now that the water is in there and the tank is running, i say just let it or syphon as much of it as u can out along with a water change of course.

omni2226 · 05/20/2006, 11:05 PM

As the bacteria build up colonys and establish themselves they will help "weigh" down the silt. I actualy did this on purpose. Did not rinse the sand at all because I wanted the "mud". Took about a week for it to totally settle out.

Some of it can be removed by putting a micron cartridge in your magnum, but it will plug up fast.

Just give it time. (dont ya just hate when people say "just give it time"?)

bureau13 · 05/21/2006, 09:21 AM

Hmm, so maybe I should go ahead and put my live rock in? I was holding off, but if the bacteria will help maybe that is a mistake.

I do have the micron cartridge in the Magnum. And yeah, I do hate the "give it time," although its probably the right answer!

jds

Quote:

Originally posted by omni2226
As the bacteria build up colonys and establish themselves they will help "weigh" down the silt. I actualy did this on purpose. Did not rinse the sand at all because I wanted the "mud". Took about a week for it to totally settle out.

Some of it can be removed by putting a micron cartridge in your magnum, but it will plug up fast.

Just give it time. (dont ya just hate when people say "just give it time"?)

omni2226 · 05/21/2006, 09:53 AM

I mixed up the salt, waited a day, added the sand , waited a day then put some rocks in.

Nothing like waiting when you want to see fish and coral now!!!

But as has been said many times nothing good happens fast.

05/14/2006, 02:50 PM	#1
bureau13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,936	Oops...forgot to rinse the aragonite! OK, so I am adding sand, and filling up with water. I had a mix of those "aragalive" bags of "live sand" in water, no need to rinse that. But then I had some other dry "non-live" aragonite sand that I added, and I just added that straight too. Now when I added water, I have a cloudy, milky mess. I have about a third of the water in there (tank is a 240 gal). Should I just go ahead and finish adding the water so I can get my pumps working, stick some filter floss in the path and try to filter it all out, or would I be better off draining the water "rinsing" it that way? jds

05/14/2006, 02:57 PM	#3
Danables Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 338	its fine just fill it up and use some cotton it will be clean by the end of the day __________________ ><///> Steve Zissou: Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern. ><///> Current Tank Info: 100gal tank mixed Reef

05/14/2006, 03:00 PM	#4
Amy83820 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wentzville, MO Posts: 626	Go ahead and add the rest of the water. If you wait for it to settle down and then add it, it will just be cloudy again. __________________ I'm consistently torn between wanting to know more about your life and just waiting to see it on "Cops." Current Tank Info: 90 gallons o' salty goodness

05/20/2006, 11:05 PM	#11
omni2226 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Middle Florida Posts: 774	As the bacteria build up colonys and establish themselves they will help "weigh" down the silt. I actualy did this on purpose. Did not rinse the sand at all because I wanted the "mud". Took about a week for it to totally settle out. Some of it can be removed by putting a micron cartridge in your magnum, but it will plug up fast. Just give it time. (dont ya just hate when people say "just give it time"?) __________________ I know enough to know I know nothing. Current Tank Info: 55 Marine. 29 Freshwater planted.

05/21/2006, 09:53 AM	#13
omni2226 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Middle Florida Posts: 774	I mixed up the salt, waited a day, added the sand , waited a day then put some rocks in. Nothing like waiting when you want to see fish and coral now!!! But as has been said many times nothing good happens fast. __________________ I know enough to know I know nothing. Current Tank Info: 55 Marine. 29 Freshwater planted.

05/14/2006, 02:53 PM	#2
Ereefic Moved On Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,821	You also forgot to finish your post.

05/14/2006, 05:16 PM	#5
bureau13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,936	Seriously, there was maybe a minute between my misfire (damn browser keeps moving the cursor on me) and the completed re-edit. I can't believe someone actually jumped in to read a thread as lame as this one that quickly! jds

05/14/2006, 05:18 PM	#6
bureau13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,936	Thanks for the replies everyone else I'll go ahead and keep adding it then. It looks like a toxic wasted dump right now, but its kind of nostalgic. A group of us from work went diving in some not-so-great weather a few years ago off the coast here (Ft Lauderdale) and it felt like some kind of Navy seal operation...crazy currents and 0 visibility. I've got Florida coastal storm biotope going here! jds

05/14/2006, 06:24 PM	#8
PHIN FAN Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: North Florida Posts: 55	pretty good stuff, I'm sure it happens more than ppl like to admit.

05/20/2006, 10:24 PM	#9
bureau13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,936	Well, I'm not having much luck filtering this crap out. I hooked up a Magnum 350 canister filter and ran that for a couple days. It was much clearer this morning, but I'm pretty sure that's more due to the dust settling on the surface of the sand than the actual filter....I stireed up the sand and it was just as milky as before. I don't think it really helps me to let it settle out, as I have a pair of gold-striped maroon clowns which love to kick up the sand. If they they do that in this tank as it is now, I won't see anything for days afterward. I'm going to try putting a filter sock over the drain, see if that helps. Other than that...anyone have any other ideas? This is really starting to annoy me! jds

05/20/2006, 10:30 PM	#10
JmLee Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hohensfels, Germany Posts: 1,545	LOL i think ur kinda SOL now that the water is in there and the tank is running, i say just let it or syphon as much of it as u can out along with a water change of course.