How to settle new sand in new tank.

I put new live sand and new water to my new tank and it has been cloudy like this since sunday.I have my 525 circ pump on and i bought a small hang on back filter just to get this settled.I put the bio magnet in as directed also.This is a 40gal with 40lbs of ls i also put 15lbs of dry rock and 2lbs of lr.This is all i have to put on because my other tank is still setup with all my stuff in it.Is there a clarifier or something i can use or do i just have to wait it out i really want to get this transfer done but if waiting is my only option i can deal with that too.

 

yeah i know its frustrating i did this once too... i didnt rinse some sand i bought and man did it ever cloud up like this.... it finally settled

 

It will settle eventually. What kind of sand did you use?

 

Yes very frustrating never again my lfs told me i didnt need to clean it so i didnt.
ocean direct carib sea.

 

Ive done this before. Now I add my sand, put a plate down then put a cup on top of that then and the water into the cup. Usually I use a spare pump and tubing so I can hold the cup still, but doing it like this takes care of that problem. Well, for the most part.

 

same was told just dump straight in the tank...so thats what i did all of a sudden water cloudy as anything and floating bits EVERYWERE...moral of the story always wash/clean it first

 

FYI You don't rinse *live sand*!

There's not much you can do now but wait for it all to settle down. Unfortunately a lot of the settling is going to happen on the rock. If I were you, I'd remove the rock and put it into a bin of salt water and wait til your tank settles before returning it.