So, I've been in the aquatic hobby for a few years now. Honestly... I should have known better here. But here it goes (slightly embarrass)
I recently set-up my first nano saltwater tank. A very fun project I've been doing. My eagerness got the best of me. The original set up I had going was the fluval spec v with a cheap dry silica sand I thought I would love because of how white it was. Very wrong. I hated it! So I went and bought carrib-sea live sand and I love it!
Well I replaced the silica with the new live sand and I did not rinse the sand....
Now, not the end of the world but a HUGE pain when I move something around in the tank or scrub my walls I get instant sand clouds! The water gets murky and stays like it for hours. So currently I have polishing pads in place of my carbon in the sump of the fluval. Also have a small aqueon quiet flow filter stuffed with more polishing pads.
I stir up the sand to get the smaller particles to float around in hopes the filter pad will pick them up. I've been doing this process for 2 days now and I'm curios to see if anyone has any better ideas for me.
I recently set-up my first nano saltwater tank. A very fun project I've been doing. My eagerness got the best of me. The original set up I had going was the fluval spec v with a cheap dry silica sand I thought I would love because of how white it was. Very wrong. I hated it! So I went and bought carrib-sea live sand and I love it!
Well I replaced the silica with the new live sand and I did not rinse the sand....
Now, not the end of the world but a HUGE pain when I move something around in the tank or scrub my walls I get instant sand clouds! The water gets murky and stays like it for hours. So currently I have polishing pads in place of my carbon in the sump of the fluval. Also have a small aqueon quiet flow filter stuffed with more polishing pads.
I stir up the sand to get the smaller particles to float around in hopes the filter pad will pick them up. I've been doing this process for 2 days now and I'm curios to see if anyone has any better ideas for me.