help new tank

i just set up my fish tank. A 12 gallon aquapod. I need to get more salt water because it is not completely full. All i have in the tank right now is sand and live rock. One problem that i need help with, when the water is leaving the filter it is coming out looking dusty or something. If i turn off the tank the water becomes perfectly clear.

Any help?

 

The water will be cloudy when you add SW to a new tank. Thats the sand doing that. Did you rinse out any chemical filters? Like carbon or any other kind of media.

 

i had the store set it up they filled it up half way i filled it the rest
so its just because of the tank being newly filled?

thanks

 

The cloudiness will last for a couple of days, thats normal. Any time you add more sand, the same thing will happen.

 

alright thanks a lot

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