Habitat - Indoor :: Sand not settling

[dkhx2]

Decided to get rid of the river rock and get sand thought we washed it pretty good. Put it in thursday and its still all cloudy. Any ideas? Wondering if i should do a partial tank change and see if that helps

[Chrisbarnett]

yes, do about a 50% water change and see if that helps. If not, take the sand out and wash and wash some more.

[Rubicon]

How did you wash it out? Also where did you get the sand?

[VanishingReality]

I got home at home depot.

I bought a five gallon bucket then put the sand in and filled it up with water. I let the water run and mixed the sand in the water really well until it was clear. Since I used the hose I filled the bucket with hot water and mixed it until it warmed the sand to room temp. I had to empty the water a few times but it worked.

[StevenAkaProek]

It will settle, you just have to be patient. Sometimes it takes 1+week for it to settle, but it will eventually

Make sure you turn of your filter and keep your turtles out

[hoojib88]

I used to have a tank with sand in it. It took forever for the water to clear up. What I did is i picked up my 20 gallon tank and took it outside once a month and cleaned the tank out completely. After 2 or 3 cleanings I never had to wait for my sand to settle again. I know that you can supposedly mess everything up in the tank but I never had problems and I had 5 goldfish, 1 pleco, crayfish, and two baby turtles. They never got sick ever. Soo.. give it a chance I guess..