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12-01-2001, 06:31 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: columbia, mo
Posts: 257
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the new sand bed is in...
but i can't see a *$#*^#%^@&%@($#! thing!!!  i need to let things settle a bit more but i think the fish are spending the night in the holding pen.
-hayday
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12-01-2001, 06:39 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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Hi there!! It will take a day or so and it should clear up!! Johnny  |
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12-01-2001, 07:46 PM
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reefer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Madison, WI
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It might be a little longer depending on the sand. I used Southdown and it took days to clear up. If you add something like live sand or LR it will clear faster. HTH
Drew
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12-01-2001, 08:21 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: columbia, mo
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well it's been a coupla hours now but i can start to see the two or three hunks of live rock i put into the tank. i started with 100lbs. of playsand and then added another 30lbs. of live sand; lfs ordered a bunch of sand just for me!  then we haggled a bit on the price and i got it for $3/lb. they also ordered a bunch more corals, which i think was just to tempt me. 
hopefully it'll clear up a bit more so i can start re-arranging the live rock in the morning.
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12-01-2001, 09:05 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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When I moved into my 75 I put the new sand down first and pured water in a bowl to lessen disruption then added the old sandbed on top. By morning it was semi clear so I ran a fiter pad to get the last bit of silt out since I was under a brutal deadline
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12-02-2001, 12:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: columbia, mo
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well, the new sand bed has been in for about 24 hours now and it's settling nicely. however, what's settleing is incredibly fine silt. i kinda expected this, but won't it get stired up every time that, say, one of the fish farts or something? i mean just blowing in the general direction of the tank whips up a sand storm. i'm guessing, hoping, that this is normal and it will all settle down. 
i should be able to get the live rock back into the tank later this afternoon and the fish possibly tonight, though i may wait another day to get the fish put in. tomorrow (monday) i'll be ordering a live sand activator kit from ipsf. the live sand from the lfs i put in yesterday isn't exactly brimming with life, but it does have some. i saw a teeny-tiny star climbing the front of the tank, maybe an inch off the sand. it's just so cute! 
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12-02-2001, 01:03 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: wash
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Sounds like your right on schedule Hayday and doing the right way. I hear you with that fine silt on the top of the sand bed, and fish and everything else will disturb it. Something I did was to buy that pure white sugar sand and lay a 1/2 inch over the topo of the silt, your crittlers will have no problem moving through it, it will also keep the silt from floating all the time.
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12-02-2001, 01:08 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: TN, USA
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That's great, Hayday!
Everything sounds perfectly normal for this operation...it just takes a bit of time. The "fines" will eventually settle into the sanbed. It will take care of itself.
Good job!
Dick
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12-02-2001, 07:37 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: columbia, mo
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12-02-2001, 09:12 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Hayday, if that makes you nervous, still ought to make you soil your skimmer
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12-02-2001, 10:22 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: columbia, mo
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12-03-2001, 05:08 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: columbia, mo
Posts: 257
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48 hours later and i can barely make out the back of the tank. man, this is frustrating! everytime i go to rearrange the live rock whips up a new sand storm. the fish are doing ok in the holding pen (giant rubbermaid container with powerhead and airstone) but i don't know how much longer they'll be happy. does this ever settle down!?
when should i add a live sand activator kit? i'm hoping things will have settled by wednesday and i can add the critters back to the tank then. so far, the nitrates aren't too bad, and i'm hoping that using the original water will reduce any further cycling.
-hayday
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