Help I put black substrate in my tank and its so cloudy

Hi I bought a 100 g and everything was cool and then petsmart had a fricken sale on black substrate sand and I didnt rinse like I should have and now my tank looks black. I just did a 50% water change and its still cloudy. What can I do to help it? Its was really black. Someone told me that it would settle but its been 2 days. HELP

 

you probably just triggered a cycle, since you did 50% water change, stay calm and dont touch anymore thing it might make it worse.

 

Do you have any powerheads on that are moving the water around? How does the water return to the tank?(drilled hole, hose, spray bar?) What kind of filtration are you running?

 

Eventally, the particles will become removed through filtration or settle to the bottom of your tank.
If you have fish or other livestock in your tank, I wouldn't get to crazy with water changes, or you are going to open up a whole different can of worms, that will be worse than what you are dealing with at the present time!

 

i had fine white sand do that for a weak.it will settle.

 

Yea I def agree with the guys above just leave it alone for a few days at minimum and at max two weeks as it should clear up.

 

You may want to use some filter floss as well. That plus your filter and powerheads should take care of it. No biggie really...but like the master reefer said (that's my name for coral reefer , he is a freaking master at this! so listen to him ) do not make huge water changes or you'll be in trouble.

 

Any idea what that black substrate is "made" of and whether or not it's safe for a saltwater application?