cleaning new sand...

DaveG99 · 05/02/2006, 05:13 PM

I started to clean about 15 gallons of new aragonite sand I bought of someone. This stuff takes forever to get clean. The water gets pretty milky. I am using a large plastic bin and moving the sand around with my hand and the hose. I never thought it would be this tuff.

fsa · 05/02/2006, 08:29 PM

If it's new, why don't you let it settle and see what it looks like? I am assuming that it is clean with little or no impurities?

Frank

DaveG99 · 05/03/2006, 05:41 AM

I want the least amount of milky water when I set my tank up next week.

rustybucket145 · 05/03/2006, 08:17 AM

Take a break, leave the hose running in it. Come back every 5min or so and stir it up.

05/02/2006, 05:13 PM	#1
DaveG99 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Forney Texas Posts: 1,597	cleaning new sand... I started to clean about 15 gallons of new aragonite sand I bought of someone. This stuff takes forever to get clean. The water gets pretty milky. I am using a large plastic bin and moving the sand around with my hand and the hose. I never thought it would be this tuff.

05/03/2006, 08:17 AM	#4
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Take a break, leave the hose running in it. Come back every 5min or so and stir it up. __________________ 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

05/02/2006, 08:29 PM	#2
fsa Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 412	If it's new, why don't you let it settle and see what it looks like? I am assuming that it is clean with little or no impurities? Frank

05/03/2006, 05:41 AM	#3
DaveG99 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Forney Texas Posts: 1,597	I want the least amount of milky water when I set my tank up next week.