So this is what i woke up to

[Corbin]

Originally Posted by Dr_Hicks

Just let the water clear up and break out the turkey baster to gently start cleaning the large sand granules out of your corals and rock work..... start from the top and work your way gently down :-)

haha that sounded a little dirty

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

What kind of filter do you have? You should be fine your system is new and you wont have harmful gases built up in the tank. I would run some polywool and carbon in your filter if your able to to take as much of that crap out of the water as you can.

No mechanical filter, Yes it is only been running since sept.

well since the post its clearned up pretty fast, i can see the back (bearly) all the sand i removed first then when i got home, seemed to be most of it, and the polyps are still open..

not so much worried as stressed.

[Beverly]

Wow. Sorry to hear about your powerhead dropping off like that I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often with powerheads that use suction cups to stay put.

[Corbin]

i know right, im retiring them all and getting more koralias, suction and magnets, both cant fail... though knowing this hobby i better not say that.

[Hustler]

Im in the same boat today as you... Added 40lbs of sand to my sump and ta da... rinse and all its still like milk... 2nd time Ive waited this out now but 3 days and your good to go.
Any way you can get some filter floss working in there? cuts time in half...

[Corbin]

I could but i dont have any handy...

[reefgirl189]

Oh I would be so angry!

But I'm going to say to you, don't worry. Stay happy.

All will settle in time.
Poor sea cucumber though. It's been a rough week for him.

[Maverick00]

Mine fell off my remora skimmer when i was out of town. I didnt use the suction cups, figured a couple zap straps would be strong enough. My tank looked just as cloudy, however i didnt lose any sps/lps or livestock. Good luck with the cleanup