Cloudy tank
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what color is the cloudy water? if its green/red its diatoms. If its white/grey it could be sand suspended. It will calm down on its own if its sand. If its diatoms, water changes, increased filtration and beefing up your CUC can take care of it. If thats not possible, do water changes, it'll disapate on its own.
If you are just setting up a new tank, the sand can release dust into the water, which clouds it. When cloudy water becomes an issue, i've used a couple tricks. A power filter with floss/carbon can take care of it quickly. Canistar filters will too. If those arent an option, take a pair of pany hose, cut off 4-5 inches of the end, fill that with synthetic pillow stuffing, and tie that over your returns for a couple days. THat trick works well and setup cost is less than 3 bucks.
If you are just setting up a new tank, the sand can release dust into the water, which clouds it. When cloudy water becomes an issue, i've used a couple tricks. A power filter with floss/carbon can take care of it quickly. Canistar filters will too. If those arent an option, take a pair of pany hose, cut off 4-5 inches of the end, fill that with synthetic pillow stuffing, and tie that over your returns for a couple days. THat trick works well and setup cost is less than 3 bucks.
best bet is some sort of floss or floss+Carbon filtration. A HOB Powerfilter works well for me to solve clouding issues. I've saved a few from FW days. Or covering your returns with pantyhose filled with synthetic pillow stuffing. Either/both will help.
reefguy
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What do u mean? I have clams in the tank. Cleaner clams that are in my sand somewhere an then the show clams. All look great.
reefguy
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I toss one on when I get home if it has not cleared up.
I am a novice but my hands are itching to be of some help.I could be wrong but I am desperate.
Since you say your tank is an year old and you havnt had any stirring of the substrate,then it could be a misty white bacterial bloom.they feed on nitrate and phosphate food for algae.a good flow to blow them about and a good skimmer to skim them out.
Other possibilities ?am not sure.
Since you say your tank is an year old and you havnt had any stirring of the substrate,then it could be a misty white bacterial bloom.they feed on nitrate and phosphate food for algae.a good flow to blow them about and a good skimmer to skim them out.
Other possibilities ?am not sure.
reefguy
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One thing I have learned is not to rule anything out till I am sure it's not the case. So it's possible but I have 0 phos and nitrates.
Though the more I think.. Could the fact that it's very humid in my hood add to the possibility of a bacteria bloom?
Is this bacteria harmful to my tank if so?
Good to hear it cleared ! My guess... would also have been a bacterial bloom
