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This is a common occurrence with sugar aragonite.
It doesn't matter how much you wash it, there will always be some degree of cloudiness involved. One way to resolve this without starting over again, is to use a flocculating agent that makes the dust stick together into larger clumps. These clumps are then easily removed by your filter. Seachem offers a wonderful (reef safe) product called Clarity that works better than anything I've seen before. It should clear your tank in a couple of hours! Note: using a strong powerhead to keep everything in suspension so it can be filtered out, gives a better result.


The other method takes some time and will require a good deal of patience on your part. Just continue setting everything up according to plan and add your live rock. When the bacteria in your tank begins to multiply and coat all available surfaces ( sometimes referred to as biofilm ) the problem will solve itself! A good example of this is when people add a product called Aragamilk to their established reef tanks. Aragamilk is basically powdered aragonite ( more or less identical to the dust suspended in your tank) and is added to boost alkalinity,calcium and trace minerals. In an established reef tank the cloudiness caused by adding this product always clears within an hour or two and often as fast as thirty minutes. So if you have patience (note- you will need this to succeed in the reef hobby!! ) add your rock and mabey a good bacteria supplement like Marc Weiss Bacter Vital and sit back and wait.
If you don't, get your butt down to the fish store and grab some Clairity.

Cheers and best of luck with your tank!!
T