How to get rid of dust/sand particles in the main tank

[gymbvolka]

Hi,

I have a lot of dust/sand particles in the main tank.

I do not have a sand bed but with a lot of rocks.

I bi-weekly siphon the dust/sand particles on the bottom, but each time i siphon, new dust and sand particles formed on the bottom of the tank.

I was been advise by the LFS to add more filter pad, but not much different when i on my wavemaker to full mode, all the dust particles circulate in the main tank.

are there other reasons why i am facing this problem? How can i resolve this and achieve a clear water in the main tank.

currently i run my wavemaker at the lowest speed to prevent particles from flying all over.

hope to get some clues and help here.

Thank you

[jxlex]

Filter sock for me helps... You might want to find the cause for ur excessive detritus...

[jxlex]

Also, i think u should step ur wave maker to whatever setting u want to maintain it at, over time it should still settle down

[tropic]

Which lfs ask put more filter pad? As bro mentioned try use filter sock 200micron. Works better. Also ur wavemaker how u mount? Mount it in such a way that water flow constantly into overflow chamber. If more than 1 wavemaker must place them strategic. Sent from my Android using Tapatalk2

[gymbvolka]

thank you guys, will buy the filter sock and try this weekend.

Tks for the tips

[AngGuKueh]

filter sock is always better then the pad unless u don have the space to hang the sock

[Koji]

I should try too.