I need some help understanding what I should do or shouldn't do to address the cloudy issue. I am willing to sit and wait but if it's not bacteria then i need to do something.
I changed 15% water, went away for weekend, came home to a cloudy tank. Color is a bit yellow but could be greenish, Skimmer had some slime in it so i cleaned the cup but nothing since Monday.
My GSPs are hiding, Tube Worm and Shroom seem happy.
I have 2 clowns, 1 pseudo purple, 7 hermit craps, 4 sand snails (only ever see 1), 2 turbo snails, 1 mushroom (1" dia), 1 inch square of GSP (green star polyps).
wondering if filtering the water with a filter sock or some poly-fill and nylons over the returns for a few days would be good. or is a HOT filter good to use for quick clean ups of debris in water?
my parameters are below.
Tank is a JBJ 30 Gallon Rimless All-in-one
Live rock (FUJI, 25lbs) since startup
Live Pink Fuji Sand (30lbs)
Hydor Skimmer Nano type
Purigen 100ml,
Mechanical blue sponge filter (changed weekly)
Cemi-pure pouch for tank size, blue lid jar (1 month old, changed ever 3 months)
2 Hydor Powerheads at 425gph plus 2 260gph sump return pumps
thank has been running 4 months
nitrates 0
nitrites 0
ammonia 0
silicates 0-.002 (hard to tell color difference from clear to a very slight blue hue)
calcium 390-400
Phosphates < .02
Alkalinity 8
PH 8.3-8.4
Salinity 1.025
change 15% water every Thursday - I make my own RO/DI water with a Spectrapure RO/DI unit.
was using Red Sea Coral Pro Salt -- switch to Reef Crystals as soon as tank turned yellow (plus i was near the bottom of my bucket)
thanks..
I changed 15% water, went away for weekend, came home to a cloudy tank. Color is a bit yellow but could be greenish, Skimmer had some slime in it so i cleaned the cup but nothing since Monday.
My GSPs are hiding, Tube Worm and Shroom seem happy.
I have 2 clowns, 1 pseudo purple, 7 hermit craps, 4 sand snails (only ever see 1), 2 turbo snails, 1 mushroom (1" dia), 1 inch square of GSP (green star polyps).
wondering if filtering the water with a filter sock or some poly-fill and nylons over the returns for a few days would be good. or is a HOT filter good to use for quick clean ups of debris in water?
my parameters are below.
Tank is a JBJ 30 Gallon Rimless All-in-one
Live rock (FUJI, 25lbs) since startup
Live Pink Fuji Sand (30lbs)
Hydor Skimmer Nano type
Purigen 100ml,
Mechanical blue sponge filter (changed weekly)
Cemi-pure pouch for tank size, blue lid jar (1 month old, changed ever 3 months)
2 Hydor Powerheads at 425gph plus 2 260gph sump return pumps
thank has been running 4 months
nitrates 0
nitrites 0
ammonia 0
silicates 0-.002 (hard to tell color difference from clear to a very slight blue hue)
calcium 390-400
Phosphates < .02
Alkalinity 8
PH 8.3-8.4
Salinity 1.025
change 15% water every Thursday - I make my own RO/DI water with a Spectrapure RO/DI unit.
was using Red Sea Coral Pro Salt -- switch to Reef Crystals as soon as tank turned yellow (plus i was near the bottom of my bucket)
thanks..