Moving Tank. Cloudy sand

[jaw1990]

Tomorrow I am moving my Nuvo 40 gallon from my living room to my dinning room. The tank has been up and running for 2.5 years. My LFS recommend using new sand for the transfer. Looking for advice on the move and if I use new sand, the water will be cloudy. Is there any issue with the Cousy water? Can I use the clarifier packet with the new sand? Thank you!

 

[bushdoc]

Live sand or dry sand?
If, "Live", wet sand, just dump it into the tank, it is generally not very cloudy, but it should settle down within a day or so. Run skimmer and filter socks if you use them.
If dry sand, rinse few times and hope for best, it will be cloudy for a bit longer than wet sand.
I would mix some portion of old sand with new one.

 

[jaw1990]

Live sand or dry sand?
If, "Live", wet sand, just dump it into the tank, it is generally not very cloudy, but it should settle down within a day or so. Run skimmer and filter socks if you use them.
If dry sand, rinse few times and hope for best, it will be cloudy for a bit longer than wet sand.
I would mix some portion of old sand with new one.

It’s Caribsea Agra-alive pink Fiji sand

 

[vetteguy53081]

It’s Caribsea Agra-alive pink Fiji sand

I used this sand recently and has minimal cloudiness. I placed sand first and added water to tank into a plastic pan and started pumps. I added the included packets of araga-milk and tank was clearer next day and very clear day 3-4. I added fish within 18 hours and coral within 12.

Day 1:
Still filling tank yet

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 5:

 

[jaw1990]

I used this sand recently and has minimal cloudiness. I placed sand first and added water to tank into a plastic pan and started pumps. I added the included packets of araga-milk and tank was clearer next day and very clear day 3-4. I added fish within 18 hours and coral within 12.

Day 1:
Still filling tank yet

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 5:

I’m trying to add the fish and corals right back immediately. Should that be ok?

 

[ryanjohn1]

Probably not till the clouds dissipate some

 

[jaw1990]

Probably not till the clouds dissipate some

What did you do with fish and corals during those 12-18 hours?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’m trying to add the fish and corals right back immediately. Should that be ok?

Allow some clarity so that suspended matter is not affecting oxygen and water quality . 8-12 hours is safest bet
Been doing this 40 years and as you can see, even I waited

 

[ryanjohn1]

Unless you can add water to sand without making cloud it best to wait. You could inadvertently kill all your fishy friends

 

[In the sticks]

I would use live sand. And cloudy water won’t bother anything. It will take a few hours to settle

 

[DMG Reef]

I’m trying to add the fish and corals right back immediately. Should that be ok?

Yes, it’s fine to add your fish and corals to the new tank immediately. When I did my tank upgrade, I used new live sand and saved as much water from the old tank as possible, then transferred the livestock over. No issues at all.

I think you’d stress everything by storing them in buckets.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

When I set my 75 gallon up I placed a magnum internal canister with the micron cartridge and diatom powder, the tank was crystal clear in 20 minutes +/-

 

[c0kefree]

Just more anecdote from me…

Upgraded my tank 2 weeks ago. 28g to 44g

New Caribsea fiji pink as well, added water after the sand. Put all my corals and fish in the soup lol.
Ran the return pump fast and put a 100 micron sock on. Tank was essentially clear the next day, no harm no foul.

took about a week for the tank to stop getting a little hazy when the conch moved or a snail came up.

 

[brandon429]

Details:

Fifty pages of tank moves

Not one cloudy event

Do what we do for the win-

Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread

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Pick any job to copy they're all the same

Perfect cloudless rinses

There are other benefits you get with a rinse beyond just cloud control

Skipping the rinse is never better, it's why there isn't a fifty page tank transfer thread not rinsing. Those die sometimes. A tap rinsed tank will skip cycle.

We all used fiji pink, or ocean direct, live sand

And it was still rinsed, notice that detail for pages. There isn't a downside there's only an upside