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How long will it take after I fill my 120 gallon tank (Marine) for the water to clear?

I have a Marine tank and I filled it last night with the salt, decorinator, purple up, and bacteria. There’s no on filter right now because one of the back internal overflows has a leak so the water is just kind of sitting there with one jet blowing it around. How long will it take to clear up or will it not take that long after the filter starts running?

I will agree with 3-4 days. I set a saltwater tank up for a friend and even with prerinsing the substrate, it was 3 days before the tank started to look clear, and 4 days before it cleared completely. And that was using a filter on the tank.

What makes them take longer than freshwater is that the salt makes things float [think about the Great Salt Lake in Utah]. It doesn’t let the particles that cause the cloudiness settle out as quickly.

I have to agree that it wasn’t necessary to add the purple up if you don’t have live rock yet. And all that is is extra calcium and magnesium and trace elements that are already in your salt mix. So you don’t really need to use it. And if you do have live rock added, but just didn’t list it, your tank will also be cycling, and this causes cloudiness. This can take longer to clear completely because it involves the bacteria becoming established. It doesn’t look attactive, but it will go away on its own. Just keep the pump/powerhead running because the bacteria need oxygen to survive. If the water loses the dissolved oxygen, you’ll have added the bacteria for nothing too.

I will agree also that you should mix the salt in a separate container, then add it to your tank. If you add it directly, you won’t have the correct salinity, it’ll either bee to high [if you put the salt in first] or too low [if you add the water first]. Not having the salinity at the right level can kill all the beneficial oragnisms on the live rock, and any fish or things you add later. The only time this would be okay to do is in a bare tank that you’re just setting up, or 1 that only has dry rocks or sand [nothing living].

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