Hey all..

well set up my 4ft tank and i added washed play sand.. i filled the tank with water and its SOOOOO cloudy!..

i washed the sand verry welll so its not sand dirt.. what els can it be?..

i hooked up a 2nd hand Aqua one CF 1000L/H to clean it.. its been 2 days now and its still cloudy..

why did it become like this and how can i clean it?

i also added a few small fish from another verry small tank i have

Plz let me no how i can get it looking nice

thanks people

thats the initial 3 hours.. and it should be gone soon...

ofcourse a strong filter will do the job for you

play sand always have cloudy effect no matter how you wash it.
i am not sure why but it should be cleared in 2 to 3 days without
running the filter. if you run the filter and have small fishes in it,
probably you have bacteria bloom.... but this could only happen it you
have plenty of waste with less good bacteria in the filter.

I had that when I put play sand Into my 5ft acople of days after I changed back to gravel. But it was cloudy because of my pleco. Every time he moved the sand would move and never setal.

I hope you have better luck than I did xxx

Thanks for the help people

well i had 2 stop my filter and the tanks cloudyness was gone by 50% but when i ternd it on it went supper cloudy again!

This isnt bad for my little fish.. is it?

and how long do you think it will take before my oscar can go in?.. i herd cycleing a tank can take up to 50 days!

thanks 4 quick replys btw

It's fine for your fish. And it takes five to six weeks to fully cycle

Jaws wrote:

please check your discharge point. if it makes whirlwind inside the tank, sand will fly around and make the tank cloudy. or your suction is too low that it sucked the sand and blown in the discharge point with same cloudy effect.


cloudiness due to the sand won't harm your fish but it is unsightly.

you can browse the home page and click the topic on tank cycling.

Cloudy water from sand won't hurt the fish but the non cycled tank will certainly stress him out! Expect more cloudy water untill it's cycled.

Your O is gonnamake a mess of the sand, thats for sure!

Thanks for all the replys

the tanks been going for 1 week and its looking much less cloudy now