All I can say is in my experience most tanks don't settle in till after the 1 year mark and sometimes longer. Freshwater does not usually have that issue in my opinion.
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hi would love to see pics ,incredible,been reefing 30yrs this year oldest tank running is 13 have a couple corals that are over 25 love to swap some pics
Do you have any sand sifting gobiesIt looks worse in person.
Have you considered a sand sifting goby or diamond watchman goby. One would have that sand looking like new in a week...gonna make sand castles and dig holes but that's easy to move backIt looks worse in person.
agree 100%My reef pics are all over the place. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-birthday-47-years.55423/
But we should try to keep the OP in the hobby.
A true definition of what this website is all about, all these awesome people willing to help out a person in need of advice, or maybe a little pep talk to let em know it’s gonna be alright,, way to be R2RHang in there! Everything you’re describing is normal for a new tank. I’ve had everything you’ve described and my tank has finally calmed down. Ask a lot of questions. We’re all here to help!!!
Clear for now but still has to cycle so b prepared for it to get ugly again. I found a UV light works wonders for me. Be patient and let it do it’s thing. Good luckIve moved my rock and fish over to a 20 long for the time being, I emptied my 40 and washed all the sand, sand is back in and its full of water. Ive got some live rock coming next week from Salty Bottom, so I hope they will give me the jump I need. I think I messed up when I first started this tank last time. When I added the sand, I put in that stupid bio magnet stuff, and I think that was the issues of all the white things I had floating all around the tank. After washing the sand, and refilling with fresh rodi, Ive got the salt mixed and the tank is clear as can be.