Look at my tank!

[kimbo]

I stirred up the sand to release trapped gases
How often do you stir sand up? I've only had it for 2 weeks.

 

[Igor The Cat]

cant see much of any thing but is it cycled

-Java

 

[kimbo]

I meant to say I've had the sand for 2 weeks. The tank is cycled. It's been running for 2 months.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

The sand should settle down.

I am thinking about using sand but common sense says it should settle down soon.

 

[AndyL]

Hehe, just a tip - don't stir up the sand If you feel its really necessary - get some MTS snails (Malaysian trumpet snails) They'll do it for you - without the huge mess.

It will settle, turn down your filter if possible, and let it be.

Andy

 

[Igor The Cat]

yes

-Java

 

[Davy]

Do I see a fish in there? What kind? Like everyone else said it should settle.

 

[kimbo]

I have a african cichlid in there. He's the only occupant.

I didnt turn off the filter. I let it run full blast. I want it to clear up asap. I dont mind it messing up the impeller. Because the sand particles floating around is too small to do any real damage. And Whisper impellers are pretty durable.

 

[CoNMaN]

have you tried grabbing the pieces of sand with tweezers and setting them on the bottom?

 

[Twinbot]

Oh, cool ... a sand tank! Much, much nicer than a fish tank.

 

[c_paan]

I have two tanks with sand as the substrate. With the 20 I had problems when i first set it up with clouding, It went down after a few days. When I set up the 55 I ran a hose from the tap and had it pour over some rocks, real slow. Then when it started filling up I started to turn up the water. I havent had anyproblmes sinse. As long as you can find an area in the tank to pour the water on so it wont stir you shoudlnt have anyproblems. I have a few snails and cories that help move the sand around, its sure helps!

 

[Orphan Bob]

My Solution

I had the exact same problem.

I built a rather large centrifuge and mounted the tank in it. Spinning at approximately 6000 rpms settled it in about 23 minutes. Of course, I removed the fish first. Just so you know, I removed about 20% of the water first, so it wouldn't splash out during spin-up and spin-down.

If anyone wants blueprints, I could try and draw them up.

 

[geKo]

Originally posted by Davy
Do I see a fish in there? What kind? Like everyone else said it should settle.

Looks like a red zebra but not sure!

 

[fishface]

looks like someone grabbed a cloud and stuck it in there