potential $300 loss

[drummerkid97]

My powerhead disturbed my 2.5 inch sandbed and made my tank very cloudy. Note that this tank is one month old and I just introduced a pair of Blackstorm clownfish after the cycle was complete. The clowns are looking fine right now, will they be ok while the sand particles settle?

 

[Auquanut]

With the age of the tank, I'd say you will probably be fine. You might run carbon and consider a preemptive water change.

 

[fishguy242]

hi might want to take out some water let sand settle ,airate put clowns in until tank sand settles ,what size tank?

 

[drummerkid97]

hi might want to take out some water let sand settle ,airate put clowns in until tank sand settles ,what size tank?

40 gallon cube

 

[35ppt]

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[fishguy242]

how are clowns breathing?

 

[drummerkid97]

how are clowns breathing?

They're not mouth breathing excessively and i checked for increased gill movement and didnt see anything just out of the ordinary. They are just swimming up and down the glass right now

 

[drummerkid97]

At only one month old and you just added the fish, if you didn't rinse your sand it's likely just silt and will settle out as well as collect in your filter socks or floss.

Yeah I didn't rinse this sand due to it being live

 

[fishguy242]

water starting to clear yet? blow off glass w hand sand dust will scratch w cleaner

 

[drummerkid97]

water starting to clear yet? blow off glass w hand sand dust will scratch w cleaner

Yea a little bit. Just running filter floss right now. All I can do is wait

 

[Dom]

It will be fine.

 

[drummerkid97]

Update: sand settled and all is well!

 

[Perthegallon]

My powerhead disturbed my 2.5 inch sandbed and made my tank very cloudy. Note that this tank is one month old and I just introduced a pair of Blackstorm clownfish after the cycle was complete. The clowns are looking fine right now, will they be ok while the sand particles settle?

Won’t hurt them at all I always stir up my sand bed

 

[Perthegallon]

Update: sand settled and all is well!

Tbh try to stir it up weekly to prevent build up of bad things

 

[NB Reefer]

Glad is it all good. Like others said shouldn’t of been an issue. Always good to err on the side of caution though.