play sand

coast2coast7390 · 03/26/2007, 10:35 AM

i used playsand in my pond rinsed it still made the water cloudy
i should have got sand from my LFS

Dholmblad · 03/26/2007, 10:36 AM

why? you would have paid so much more. Did you do the vinegar test? The sand will eventually settle.

coast2coast7390 · 03/26/2007, 10:39 AM

no how do you do that

chrisstie · 03/26/2007, 11:04 AM

Apply vinegar to a sample of dry sand.. if it fizzes it is a sign that it is... Aragonite? or at least something that technically should be compatible with keeping a tank... I think. Never actually did it myself.

Sand can take a few days to settle down too

rustybucket145 · 03/26/2007, 11:07 AM

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask how you added the sand and water to the tank....?

Any sand's going to cloud a little, not the sands fault.....

coast2coast7390 · 03/26/2007, 11:14 AM

its silicate sand...well according to the bag

and

i drained as much water as i could would it have been better if i washed it then dryed it

it clouded a lot

rustybucket145 · 03/26/2007, 11:21 AM

no, the best way would have been to leave the tank full, fill a bucket about half way with the clean sand and the other half with tank water then slowly lower the bucket in the tank and gradually dump the sand out of the bucket directly onto the bottom of the tank.

Silicate sand is fine to use.

Also, too late now but for future reference.... when washing sand dump all your sand into a trashcan type vessle, turn the hose on and push the nozzle of the hose all the way to the bottom of the barrel. This is much easier than it sounds. The flowing water displaces the sand and allows you to sink the nozzle relatively easy. Once on the bottom just let the water run for a while. Then move the nozzle to the other side of the bottom of the barrel and repeat as necessary.

This could take as long as a couple of hours depending on how much sand you have. But at least you can do it all at one time instead of spreading it out over several days.

coast2coast7390 · 03/26/2007, 11:26 AM

thats what i did...exactly...

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 11:39 AM

Give it time. A canister filter with fine filter floss helps, but that's a lot of water to filter..

StefanHayek · 03/26/2007, 09:21 PM

It clears in a few days. Although it always feels like a couple of weeks

coast2coast7390 · 03/26/2007, 10:37 PM

it started to clear up i can barely see the bottom

03/26/2007, 10:35 AM	#1
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	play sand i used playsand in my pond rinsed it still made the water cloudy i should have got sand from my LFS

03/26/2007, 11:04 AM	#4
chrisstie Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,727	Apply vinegar to a sample of dry sand.. if it fizzes it is a sign that it is... Aragonite? or at least something that technically should be compatible with keeping a tank... I think. Never actually did it myself. Sand can take a few days to settle down too __________________ You lookin' at my wrasse? Current Tank Info: I find it odd that there are children starving in this country and yet we euthanize millions of stray dogs and cats every year and then incinerate the bodies. Not only that, but we make it illegal to butcher the meat. -MarkS

03/26/2007, 11:07 AM	#5
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask how you added the sand and water to the tank....? Any sand's going to cloud a little, not the sands fault..... __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

03/26/2007, 11:21 AM	#7
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	no, the best way would have been to leave the tank full, fill a bucket about half way with the clean sand and the other half with tank water then slowly lower the bucket in the tank and gradually dump the sand out of the bucket directly onto the bottom of the tank. Silicate sand is fine to use. Also, too late now but for future reference.... when washing sand dump all your sand into a trashcan type vessle, turn the hose on and push the nozzle of the hose all the way to the bottom of the barrel. This is much easier than it sounds. The flowing water displaces the sand and allows you to sink the nozzle relatively easy. Once on the bottom just let the water run for a while. Then move the nozzle to the other side of the bottom of the barrel and repeat as necessary. This could take as long as a couple of hours depending on how much sand you have. But at least you can do it all at one time instead of spreading it out over several days. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

03/26/2007, 11:39 AM	#9
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	Give it time. A canister filter with fine filter floss helps, but that's a lot of water to filter.. __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

03/26/2007, 10:36 AM	#2
Dholmblad Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern va Posts: 563	why? you would have paid so much more. Did you do the vinegar test? The sand will eventually settle.

03/26/2007, 10:39 AM	#3
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	no how do you do that

03/26/2007, 11:14 AM	#6
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	its silicate sand...well according to the bag and i drained as much water as i could would it have been better if i washed it then dryed it it clouded a lot

03/26/2007, 11:26 AM	#8
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	thats what i did...exactly...

03/26/2007, 09:21 PM	#10
StefanHayek Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ohio / Washington D.C. Posts: 49	It clears in a few days. Although it always feels like a couple of weeks

03/26/2007, 10:37 PM	#11
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	it started to clear up i can barely see the bottom