Tank's cloudy, any reason I shouldn't add LR?

[Banik]

Simple question, really. My tank's cloudy from adding the sand. Any reason that I shouldn't have my (newly arrived) live rock in there to cycle the tank? I don't think there is... and there's not much I could do about it otherwise... but still.

55G
Remora
3xMJ900
80degF
1.024 salinity
7.95ph

 

[Ray]

the live rock will help settle the sandstorm

 

[Armando]

What Ray said is true. However some of the sandstorm will settle on... the rocks. You'll have to use a turkey baster to blow the sand off the rock and have a new sandstorm, and then again and again until all sand is settled on the bottom.

 

[Ray]

Ya but as he blows it into the water colum the skimmer should pull out some of what doesnt settle and the storm should get less and less each time.

 

[clamm]

probably not going to hurt anything at all

 

[jaiden]

BE sure that your rock is very firmly placed into the sand. anything which digs in the sand can cause a rockslide.

 

[TheUltimateNoob]

the rock definitely helps with the sandstorm.

 

[Daragon]

I'm curious on how the rock helps the sandstorm?

 

[Lam]

The rocks will help the sand settle quicker since it has nooks/surface for sand to get trapped. Just use the turkey baster to blow it off the rock after.

 

[Banik]

It definitely does help clear the sandstorm. It cleared more in the 20 hours since I put it in that the 3 days that sand's been blowing around. Now I just have to deal with a pH issue... *sigh*

 

[Tstone]

The bacteria from the rock colonize onto the sand which actually makes it settle out of the water column