Help!! Issue with live sand

I probably have the same sand. It clouded up very easily for the first few months. It also took a long time to settle back down.
In time it got much better, but very frustrating for the first few weeks/months.

 

If it was dry I don't it was true live sand. All the bags of live sand I have ever seen where wet.

 

Are you running filter socks? Regardless if you run them all the time or not...if you run 1 or 2 while the tank is cloudy it should help clear it in 24-48 hrs in my experience.

 

Do you have a pic of the bag? As @FishBrain said...if it wasn't wet/damp it was not live sand. That being said I have never added dry sand to a tank that I did not throughly rinse until it "rinsed clear" before adding to my tank due to reasons like this.

 

Are the socks pulling it out? You should have the dust slime up the sock. If not buy some felt from fabric store and line the socks.

But I second the rinse thoroughly. I use a stainless steel window screen over a tub so the finer sand can be salvaged. You can do the same with a bucket and is required for finer sand. Put 2-3 inch of sand in bucket, add water and mix it all. The -100 (dust) suspends in the water that you dump out slow enough that the sand doesn't wash out. This method is slower but works. I personally think the live sand is not worth the upcharge

 

Skim really wet to. That should help clear it up.

 

I have had a similar issue with a particular brand of live sand. I just kept filtering and it eventually cleaned up. I went as far as to also stick some filter floss inside a fish net and place that in front of a powerhead. i would rinse that out a couple of times a day for a week or so. Eventually it settled, though it left a sludge on a lot of the tank. I don't have any problems with stirring it up now.