How many times to rinse sand?

daftwazzock · Oct 10, 2019

I have some Red Sea Pink aragonite sand that I've been washing for about an hour now. I must have rinsed it at least ten times now yet the water cloudiness will not go away after each rinsing. How many rinses does it take before this stuff stops clouding the water full of silt?

Bayareareefer18 · Oct 10, 2019

Keep going

if its something like the fiji pink there are lots of fines. I ended up removing my fiji pink because I was tired of the sandstorms

For rinsing I like to put it in a bucket a shove the hose down to the bottom

Bryknicks · Oct 10, 2019

I agree with Baya. Although mine wasn't the same sand, I used 5 gallon buckets and a garden hose on the bottom. This still took at least 30 minutes to achieve clear water. Afterwards I soaked the sand in the 5 gallon buckets with RODI and prime for a few days to get as much of the chlorine out as possible. Then let the sand dry in the sun a few days and added to my tank. I have not had any issues and no cloudiness at all when I mix my sand bed!

daftwazzock · Oct 10, 2019

Thanks. Just stuck a hose in the bucket water is finally starting to get clear 2 hours later haha.

Flippers4pups · Oct 10, 2019

Bucket, pantyhose stretched over the bucket and rise till clear. Repeat. Fast and easy. Works for large amounts of sand.

Small amounts, large fish net. Same result.

lapin · Oct 10, 2019

brandon429 · Oct 10, 2019

post this thread in 2019 / get tons of support from friends and rinsers who are assembling clean controllable tanks.

post this thread in 2006:

THE BACTERIA DIED

Mastiffsrule · Oct 10, 2019

brandon429 said:
post this thread in 2019 / get tons of support from friends and rinsers who are assembling clean controllable tanks.

post this thread in 2006:

THE BACTERIA DIED

Double thumbs up sir.

brandon429 · Oct 10, 2019

let the record reflect that the funnest thread ever made was the sand rinse thread during the bacteria died its all going to die stalled cycle, not ever recovering phase of reefing psyche.

daftwazzock · Oct 10, 2019

brandon429 said:
post this thread in 2019 / get tons of support from friends and rinsers who are assembling clean controllable tanks.

post this thread in 2006:

THE BACTERIA DIED

Yeah, I was reading your thread and thought it was quite funny that people think that microbes could be killed by tap water back then haha. You did set me on the right path to getting rid of cloudy water in the future so thanks!

brandon429 · Oct 10, 2019

thank you so much for the thread and the easy work/prep making it look so simple. linked to page one of the thread right up top in caribsea prep section. that intro portion of our sr thread needs to be edited down, too many links to peruse ill clean it up one day but your example is clear and simple.

Bryknicks · Oct 11, 2019

brandon429 said:
post this thread in 2019 / get tons of support from friends and rinsers who are assembling clean controllable tanks.

post this thread in 2006:

THE BACTERIA DIED

I should have stated that mine was dry sand that I seeded in new tank with a cup of old sand. But you are correct!