How Do You Clean Sand?

[-FighterFishh]

This sounds like a really stupid question, but how do you clean sand before adding it to an aquarium!?
Thank you!

 

[Jinty McGinty]

I clean mines in a basin in the sink and have the tap running and continually moving the sand around and emptying out the basin until the water is clear.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Better is to do it all outside so you're not clogging your pipes with sand! I fill a 5g bucket about half full with the sand, turn on the garden hose and just keep poking it in the sand until the water runs clear. Then I do it some more. Then a little more. I'd rather spend the time outside making sure it's clean than to not take the time and find out it's not clean enough in the tank!

 

[CezzaXV]

Much what the others have said. I didn't clean mine out enough and the water was cloudy for days afterwards. It's not a massive deal as the filter will deal with it, but do your best to get it clean as you can beforehand.

 

[-FighterFishh]

Thank you all very much!
With a little help from my mum, all the sand was cleaned pretty quickly and is now in the tank!