Substrate question.

Saber · 02/11/2006, 12:39 PM

I am in the process of setting up a new tank. I rinsed my Caribsea sugar sand, but apparently not good enough. The water is quite a milky color. What is it in the sand that makes it milky, and will it settle out over time. Can I filter it out, and if so how? I have about 15 lbs of live rock curing in it right now. I don't believe its harmful to the live rock, at least if I read the notes on the back OK.

corals b 4 bills · 02/11/2006, 12:42 PM

Whenever I set up a new tank I use a filter such as a penguin (particulate matter filter). It will take two to three days to clear up, totaly normal.

02/11/2006, 12:39 PM	#1
Saber Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 36	Substrate question. I am in the process of setting up a new tank. I rinsed my Caribsea sugar sand, but apparently not good enough. The water is quite a milky color. What is it in the sand that makes it milky, and will it settle out over time. Can I filter it out, and if so how? I have about 15 lbs of live rock curing in it right now. I don't believe its harmful to the live rock, at least if I read the notes on the back OK.

02/11/2006, 12:42 PM	#2
corals b 4 bills Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Belmont). Posts: 2,381	Whenever I set up a new tank I use a filter such as a penguin (particulate matter filter). It will take two to three days to clear up, totaly normal. __________________ Reefkeeper - (ref-ke-per) n: Individual obsessed with placing disturbing amounts of electricity and seawater in close proximity for the purpose of maintaining live coral reef organisms. Current Tank Info: 29 gallon Bio Cube, HQI 150 watt Nanotuner~Vortech MP10W ES~Arctica Chiller~AC II~Tunze Osmolator ATO~ Tunze 9002 skimmer W/In Tank Cup~ Korallin Reactor W/PH Monitor~ Korallin Denitrator~APC Back-up~Phosban/Carbon Reactor.