Does the sand storm ever stop?

[superclown]

I used pink Fiji against my better judgement and still to this day I'm getting sand particles I don't think my water has ever been nice and clear looking I got a filter sock that catches a good bit of floating particles and my powrheads are not kicking the sand around but I still can't get rid of it anyone know of a way I could rig up a canister filter to vacuum out the sand and only replace the water

 

[redstang]

Mine hasn't stopped either but I mainly blame the YWG and the pistol shrimp.

 

[superclown]

I got no shrimp or anything that kicks any around but still it seems to be permently suspended in air lol

 

[dakota9]

SuperClown;745202 wrote: I used pink Fiji against my better judgement and still to this day I'm getting sand particles I don't think my water has ever been nice and clear looking I got a filter sock that catches a good bit of floating particles and my powrheads are not kicking the sand around but I still can't get rid of it anyone know of a way I could rig up a canister filter to vacuum out the sand and only replace the water

RedStang;745210 wrote: Mine hasn't stopped either but I mainly blame the YWG and the pistol shrimp.

SuperClown;745216 wrote: I got no shrimp or anything that kicks any around but still it seems to be permently suspended in air lol

I can not relate to you how many times I've been dismissed as being ridiculous in my belief that live sand still needs to be rinsed with saltwater to remove the silt and tiny particles. It's a misconception that the dust magically disappears.......

All sand needs to be rinsed prior to use, IMO

 

[superclown]

Yah lol I will no on the next tank my first 2 tanks I used dry sand so it was properly rinsed I have thought about stirring the crap out of my sand and hooking up a filter to it but was not sure if it would be a good idea with the coral in the tank

 

[dine]

Dakota9;745241 wrote: I can not relate to you how many times I've been dismissed as being ridiculous in my belief that live sand still needs to be rinsed with saltwater to remove the silt and tiny particles. It's a misconception that the dust magically disappears.......

All sand needs to be rinsed prior to use, IMO

not that you cant start a tank with dead sand but rinsing live sand sorta defeats the purpose...

how is your system set up. are you running any socks to help filter it out? are your powerheads kicking it up? are there spots where the sand is gathereing or blowing away from?

 

[superclown]

As stated in previous post no powerheads kicking around ans I run a filter sock on drain and nothing that stirs up the sand

 

[sprinklerman500]

I used fine sand on my 150 and had the same problem!But after realizing i should have rinsed it i just kept filtering the sand with frequent water changes.But still to this day my Pistol shrimp will get pissed when I move sand for say adding corals and starts moving the sand again and here comes the Mo-hobby.I think you will be fine just keep sifting the sand with your water changes.I wouldn't take it out cause you need it!

 

[bulkrate]

It's a pity...Fiji pink looks GREAT (still wish I'd stuck with it instead of switching out to West Caribean Beach...hate the shell fragments), but the grading on it's just a bit too fine for most tanks.

I'd suggest you re-grade a dry bag of it with some 1mm nylon screen keeping the larger grained sand and pebbles. Then rinse the dust off that and slowly swap it into your existing sand bed. As others suggested, run floss in the interim to get the dust out.

 

[superclown]

I think what's going to eventually happen is a larger tank.

 

[sprinklerman500]

Thats a very good reason to up scale!

 

[enderg60]

First off turn everything off and see if said particles go up or down.

If down, either lower your flow or replace the sand.

If up, you have a plumbing leak and are getting air bubbles in there.

 

[superclown]

Did that most sinks to bottom some smaller floats to the top. I have the flow turned down already as low as I can make it acceptable for the corals. I run a mp10 and it pretty much stays on the second light from the left and the return is a quiet one pump throttled back about 60 percent.

It still too much. I feel its a good exacuse for a new tank cause the only way im going to effectively remove the sand is pulling all the rock and coral out and placing in a Rubbermaid long enough to get it out. I may as well just swap it out while I'm at it.