need help

[KuyaMark]

Hey Gang my 120 is looking great except my water looks cloudy due to the sand. My water parameters are good but the only thing is that my sand is getting all over what can i do to prevent this. I am thinking about just removing everything and take off all the sand. I hate the look of my tank being always cloudy due to the sand! Can someone give me advice on how to stop the sand storm. For circulation I have a vortech mp40w and just my return pump should i get another power head?

thanks

attached are some pics

 

[morphiii]

Get a filter sock. Move your vortech higher.

 

[KuyaMark]

i have a filter sock I go through a lot of them lol i keep changing them every 2 days

 

[NYreefNoob]

new sand or old sand from switch ? your going to have a little cloudiness especially if new sand and looks like some settled on glass and overflows, magnet to clean those off and rest will settle down. i have 2 mp 20's and 500 gph on return in my little cube with no sand storms +1 vortech is only soppose to be 3" below water surface

 

[KuyaMark]

new sand the older sand i tossed out my tank has been setup for 2 weeks now!
So the vortech has to be under 3" of water

 

[Avi]

What kind of sand do you have there, Kuya?

 

[KuyaMark]

I have a mixture of

caribean sea aragonite and Fiji Live sand pink. 40 lbs of the caribbean aragonite and about 120 lbs of the fiji live sand pink

 

[sil3ncio]

turn the pump off for a few hours let the sand settle, could work....

 

[KuyaMark]

well so far I followed Rick's advice and that seem to work I'll see in the morning