How to make sand settle faster?

[sheeb]

I just transferred water and sand to my new 25. It’s all established and cycled, it came out of a 60g but, the water is extremely cloudy. Will adding a way overpowered gyre help settle it? in a bit of a rush because corals & fish are in big tubs waiting to go into new tank. Both have heaters but still want to get this done

 

[Sqwertyl]

Personally wouldn't have reused sand like that, but add a hob filter with some floss or polyfill to pull small particulates. Or make a power filter with a pump and soda bottle. You need some kind of mechanical filtration, adding just a gyre with continue to agitate small particulates

 

[sheeb]

Personally wouldn't have reused sand like that, but add a hob filter with some floss or polyfill to pull small particulates. Or make a power filter with a pump and soda bottle

Don’t reuse sand? Why not?

 

[Sqwertyl]

Don’t reuse sand? Why not?

If you didn't clean it, sand retains detritus, phosphates and other detrimental organics that when you agitate them they become present in the water column and can cause issues. I'm not saying don't reuse it, but if it was in a cycled tank, what you're seeing may not be small sand particles, but what I just mentioned. Most people when transferring tanks will either use new sand with a small amount of old sand just to seed bacteria, or wash their old sand chemically.

 

[sheeb]

If you didn't clean it, sand retains detritus, phosphates and other detrimental organics that when you agitate them they become present in the water column and can cause issues. I'm not saying don't reuse it, but if it was in a cycled tank, what you're seeing may not be small sand particles, but what I just mentioned. Most people when transferring tanks will either use new sand with a small amount of old sand just to seed bacteria, or wash their old sand chemically.

Ah dang. Totally new to this, my first transfer but I already added sand and water :/ is that ok?

 

[ZombieEngineer]

Toss a small micron filter sock in your sump and blast the main tank with as much flow as possible.

I forgot to rinse my sand before adding it to my new tank and this cleared everything up overnight.

A BRS reactor running full speed with a 1 micron sediment filter would work even better if you got it.

 

[Sqwertyl]

Personally in your current situation, I'd probably do a decent water change, using a lid to displace water when you fill it back up to prevent disturbing the sand more. Then I'd add a HOB filter with some felt or polyfill and run some carbon. When I set my new tank up I did just this with new sand and it cleared in about 2 hours.

 

[ZombieEngineer]

Ah dang. Totally new to this, my first transfer but I already added sand and water :/ is that ok?

It's definitely not ideal. Will make the cycle take a lot longer and will be much harder to control nutrient levels early on.

 

[sheeb]

Toss a small micron filter sock in your sump and blast the main tank with as much flow as possible.

I forgot to rinse my sand before adding it to my new tank and this cleared everything up overnight.

A BRS reactor running full speed with a 1 micron sediment filter would work even better if you got it.

This is an AIO 25 lagoon. Blasting it with flow, should I throw a gyre in it for an hour? Also have a tidal 110 on it right now lol not forever but to clear some things up. There is a filter sock so it will definitely catch some stuff.

 

[sheeb]

Personally in your current situation, I'd probably do a decent water change, using a lid to displace water when you fill it back up to prevent disturbing the sand more. Then I'd add a HOB filter with some felt or polyfill and run some carbon. When I set my new tank up I did just this with new sand and it cleared in about 2 hours.

Running carbon and hob right now, think it’s just a waiting game now

 

[sheeb]

It's definitely not ideal. Will make the cycle take a lot longer and will be much harder to control nutrient levels early on.

Why would it cycle? It all came from a established 60 gallon

 

[ZombieEngineer]

This is an AIO 25 lagoon. Blasting it with flow, should I throw a gyre in it for an hour? Also have a tidal 110 on it right now lol not forever but to clear some things up. There is a filter sock so it will definitely catch some stuff.

Just need to stir it up a bit. To get some of the particles in the filter sock.

Come to think of it though, if you have the water on hand, you might be better off doing as much vacuuming as possible with a 50% water change. I missed the part about you having fish and corals in a tub on first read.

 

[ZombieEngineer]

Why would it cycle? It all came from a established 60 gallon

Cause you stirred up a bunch of detritus.

 

[sheeb]

Just need to stir it up a bit. To get some of the particles in the filter sock.

Come to think of it though, if you have the water on hand, you might be better off doing as much vacuuming as possible with a 50% water change. I missed the part about you having fish and corals in a tub on first read.

Got about ~5 gallons cycled water that’s not in my fish or coral tub. Might do that

 

[sheeb]

Cause you stirred up a bunch of detritus.

Ahh gotcha. Hope for the best!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Ahh gotcha. Hope for the best!

Test for ammonia before adding any of the fish or inverts to the tank.

 

[sheeb]

Test for ammonia before adding any of the fish or inverts to the tank.

0 ammonia!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Ah dang. Totally new to this, my first transfer but I already added sand and water :/ is that ok?

Test your water First. Do you have an ammonia detoxifier on hand?

 

[sheeb]

Test your water First. Do you have an ammonia detoxifier on hand?

I do not but I have an ammonia test and it comes back 0. Now granted it might be wrong or something, I’m not sure but in all reality, it’s midnight and I don’t really have a choice, I have to add my fish// coral to tank. But besides the bad news I think it’ll be fine and new tank will be much more suitable for me! Excited for it to say the least

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

If your tubs have a heater and a powerhead in them, you really don't need to add the coral and fish to the tank.

You should be prepared to do a large water change in case this does turn into an ammonia spike tomorrow.. Better to be safe than sorry.