How long does it take for water to clear up

[Boosterman]

It's been 7 days since I added Aragonite Special Grade Dry Sand to my tank. Before adding sand, the water was crystal clear. Now not so much. I'm running Clarisea 3000 which has 20 micron rating. I also run Vortech M2 at 90% power to try to filter as much water as possible. How much longer should I run to make water crystal clear again?

Before Sand

After Sand

 

[Danroo]

Did you rinse your dry sand?

 

[Boosterman]

Did you rinse your dry sand?

Yes I washed it over 10 times but it still was not clear when I added it.

 

[polyppal]

looks pretty clear to me, but you might try turning off the water circulation for a couple hours to let any particulate settle to the sandbed

 

[Danroo]

It’ll take awhile once the nitrifying bacteria colonize your tank. The sand will settle down.

 

[Idech]

Yes I washed it over 10 times but it still was not clear when I added it.

It needs to be rinsed a good 20 minutes non-stop to run clear. It should get better after a while, with good filtration and water movement.

 

[Boosterman]

It needs to be rinsed a good 20 minutes non-stop to run clear. It should get better after a while, with good filtration and water movement.

Maybe I should've washed it more lol

 

[Boosterman]

looks pretty clear to me, but you might try turning off the water circulation for a couple hours to let any particulate settle to the sandbed

I will give this a try.

 

[shadow_k]

I had to rinse my sand for 45 min before it became clear it’s a hassle lol

 

[polyppal]

yeah, I go nuts on sand before adding to tank, takes me an hour or so of sifting it through sieves and a bucket to get it as clean as id like...