Cloudy Water From Substrate Top Up!

[woody88]

Hi all.

Today I added about 2 - 3 KG of aragonite sand to top up my substrate. Without using my noggin, I literally just grabbed hand fulls of it out the bag and carefully placed it on top of the existing substrate to....ahem!..stop it getting cloudy!lol

Anyway the tank is no longer visible and has been this way for the past 6 hours although it is starting to clear!...........very slowly!

Can anyone give me a rough idea of how long it could take before it comes crystal clear again? I know it varies on tank size, amount of substrate added etc but just wandered how long I give it before I start panicking! lol

Cheers!

Changing the subject! Is it sad of me for wanting to start a small salty setup, removing some of my cured lr for a while so I get 'die off' just so I can experience a cycle in a marine tank! lol

 

[HappyGeorge]

Erm, sad no, but mental.........yep absolutely.

 

[woody88]

I like to be a bit different mate!...........If that means mental so be it! lol

Here's a pic of the tank taken shortly after adding the sand!

 

[woody88]

Will this effect my fish, inverts etc?

 

[Donya]

Photosynthetic stuff will be unhappy, but odds are everything will be ok as long as pH and KH are not swinging about. Got any intakes you can cover with relatively dense filter pads?

 

[seffieuk]

Oh Woody, only you

Seffie x

ps I predict that will clear in less than 24 hrs

 

[woody88]

Oh Woody, only you

Seffie x

ps I predict that will clear in less than 24 hrs

I know seffie, I know! Lol

 

[woody88]

Photosynthetic stuff will be unhappy, but odds are everything will be ok as long as pH and KH are not swinging about. Got any intakes you can cover with relatively dense filter pads?

I've got dome large filter sponge in one of the weirs which is covered in sand.

I'm just about to get my lazy @ss out of bed and go down and have a look.

 

[woody88]

Tank is now much clearer but everything us covered in sand.

Wish I left it alone now!.............doh!

 

[seffieuk]

A turkey baster will that sort out

Seffie x

ps what ever you do dont use the powerhead - I can see loads of sand back in the water again!!

 

[woody88]

A turkey baster will that sort out

Seffie x

ps what ever you do dont use the powerhead - I can see loads of sand back in the water again!!

Seffie!.......I used the powerhead!.............Then i read your post!....doh!

 

[seffieuk]

it is looking much better

Seffie x

 

[woody88]

it is looking much better

Seffie x

Cheers Seffie!.....Will leave it alone now!.............I get my xenia frags tommorow off HG so hopefully it will be back to being crystal clear by then.

 

[seffieuk]

Cheers Seffie!.....Will leave it alone now!.............I get my xenia frags tommorow off HG so hopefully it will be back to being crystal clear by then.

I would put money on it being crystal clear by then

Seffie x

 

[woody88]

Cheers Seffie!.....Will leave it alone now!.............I get my xenia frags tommorow off HG so hopefully it will be back to being crystal clear by then.

I would put money on it being crystal clear by then

Seffie x

Cheers! I only done a wc a couple of days ago but do you think its worth doing another just to freshen it up or is it worth leaving until my next scheduled wc?