How to get rid of cloudy water

[fishguy29]

i added the sand at the beginning which was over 2 weeks ago. i just put kent reef carbon in a couple days ago. its getting better it seems with time.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fishguy29

. its getting better it seems with time.

It will. Don't be in a rush, and everything will be fine. I'd probably not add anymore fish for at least a month and after a good wter change.
You haven't mentioned yet, I don't believe. Do you have a skimmer?

[belzebuth]

Aquatro is right. It will clear with time. I have used Caribsea live sand for my setup....It tooks days for the water to clear. You should probably look into using a skimmer if you don't currently use one.

[fishguy29]

no skimmer yet. i have a deltec 300 on order. my water was clear this morning but now it is cloudy. The only thing i did was fed them (not 2 much). I put in stability and a water conditioner which i think maybe might be making it coudy now. I was using the water conditioner because it says with echinacea, vitamins and anti-virus protection. I figured this would help them in the first few days while they were stressed. The fish have been doing good but maybe i should try not using it a few days. it is novaqua+

[Aquattro]

I'd skip adding anything. just leave it, see how it does.

[belzebuth]

Keep an eye on your water parameters.

[Snaz]

Water conditioners and other additives are a huge waste for the new reefer. The markup on a bottle of basically nothing is huge and the LFS pushes them for obvious reasons, it's where they make their real money.

Unless your pulling water from the Tar Sands I would not bother with conditioners. Buffers and additives are meant for established tanks. Dosing a new tank will only result in weird test results and in worse case crashed tanks.

And like everyone else has rightly said... Go slow.