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I'm still trying to move the 10 to the 20, and am looking into a tank of completely clouded water. I put a bit of sand in there, all of my big rocks, 10 gals of new salt water, and most of the 10 gal's water. It's milky white right now. I can only barely see my rocks. I also put most of the snails and both of the clowns in there. The 10 gal was partially drained this morning, to the point that I could not keep the filters running, so I had to do something with the livestock to get it all into aerated water.

Ugh, I forgot to rinse my sand first though. I'm assuming it won't harm much of anything to be in a cloudy(sand cloud) tank for a while, right? None of my freshies have died and their tank was completely clouded for at least 10 hours. Should be the same right? I really would hate to go through another cycle with them in there

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It won't hurt anything, and should clear up pretty soon. If you can bring yourself to do it, a partial water change will help bring about an improvement sooner. Otherwise, there's no need to bother about it.

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Okay. It looks a lot better this morning too. Still kinda milky, but clearing quickly. All I need to do is wait a bit longer and then arrange everything.

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Generally you don't rinse sand for marine tanks. The argonite used is too fine of grain and will all just wash away plus unless you put in alot of effort you'd be rinsing in chlorinated tapwater which probably isn't the best. It will usually clear in 48hours and is not harmful to fish, snails, shrimp, etc... Will annoy some corals. Just make sure any equipment your running has mechanical filtration before the impeller or you may be replacing some impellers from sand damage.