Sand issues

borillion_star · 10/28/2015, 01:13 PM

So I purchased a biocube 29 from a friend to get back into the hobby. Its been setup for a year before I moved it.

I am noticing after 3 weeks the sand still clouds the water every time I touch or move anything, even simply moving the magnetic algae cleaner near it. Can I take 1/3 to half of it out and mix in a courser sand grain to prevent this?

With my previous take my yasha goby and pistol shrimp where presumably killed in the collapse of very similar sand and i would like to prevent that from happening.

Bogue Chitto · 10/28/2015, 04:37 PM

You may need to have a carbon filter on it to get some of the silt out. It will filter out in a while.

10/28/2015, 01:13 PM	#1
borillion_star Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Jose Posts: 297	Sand issues So I purchased a biocube 29 from a friend to get back into the hobby. Its been setup for a year before I moved it. I am noticing after 3 weeks the sand still clouds the water every time I touch or move anything, even simply moving the magnetic algae cleaner near it. Can I take 1/3 to half of it out and mix in a courser sand grain to prevent this? With my previous take my yasha goby and pistol shrimp where presumably killed in the collapse of very similar sand and i would like to prevent that from happening. __________________ Look at all the Swimmies!!! The ocean is the place for me :P Current Tank Info: 46 Gallon reef tank

10/28/2015, 04:37 PM	#2
Bogue Chitto Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 960	You may need to have a carbon filter on it to get some of the silt out. It will filter out in a while.