Dirty water from adding pea gravel

[Uihawk98]

Hello all,

I am setting up a 40 gal FW tank and, in and effort to not pay the inflated pet store prices in aquarium gravel, I went the cheap route and bought a bag of pea gravel at Lowes. So, my question is, although I rinsed the gravel THOROUGHLY, the tank water is cloudy from the mud and silt left in the gravel. I am assuming that the sludge will eventually settle on the bottom. Then do I just gravel vac it out or how do I clean up my mess ? Thanks.

[Cliff]

If you have no fish and have yet to start cycling the tank, you could just change the water and complete a gravel vac.