Can you ID this floating debris?

[Phyber]

I'm about 8 weeks into setting this tank up and everything has been going well, however I just recently noticed a ton of small debris all in the water column. I've checked the return pump and determined that's not the case. I can turn. Off all pumps and the debris stays suspended, not like bubbles.

I have a 200 micron felt sock on my overflow drain, multiple baffles in my sump with no bubbles.

Hopefully you can make out something...

 

[Peace River]

I'm about 8 weeks into setting this tank up and everything has been going well, however I just recently noticed a ton of small debris all in the water column. I've checked the return pump and determined that's not the case. I can turn. Off all pumps and the debris stays suspended, not like bubbles.

I have a 200 micron felt sock on my overflow drain, multiple baffles in my sump with no bubbles.

Hopefully you can make out something...

I can't tell from the picture, but often cloudiness comes from a bacterial bloom, fine sand that has been stirred up, or micro bubbles (it sounds like you have eliminated the micro bubbles option).

 

[Phyber]

Hey! I attached a video to the OP to try and see as well.

It's definitely not a "general haze" in the tank...it's specific particles everywhere. I'm using Fiji pink aragonite and I've already gotten the dust out of that for the most part and my mp40 has made it's presence known.

I noticed I have small copepods in the tank now, could it be them and/or eggs suspend d in water.

Or, is this calcium precipitation?

 

[RouJr]

Its not calcium precipitation cause they are little lines and thats not the crystal structure of calcium.

im going to gues microfauna mixed with substrate dust

 

[Peace River]

A finer sock and adding Chemipure in a high flow area of the sump should help clarify the water, but it won't necessarily solve the underlying issue.

 

[Phyber]

10-4. I've been running carbon in a mesh bag by the return pump, haven't used any gfo yet since it's still a newer tank.

My felt socks are 200 micron and fill up super fast; if I can find some finer ones I'll give them a try but I'm really looking forward to mesh socks so they don't fill up as fast and cause my skimmer to go nuts after a change.

 

[Peace River]

10-4. I've been running carbon in a mesh bag by the return pump, haven't used any gfo yet since it's still a newer tank.

My felt socks are 200 micron and fill up super fast; if I can find some finer ones I'll give them a try but I'm really looking forward to mesh socks so they don't fill up as fast and cause my skimmer to go nuts after a change.

From my experience Chemipure will clarify your water even faster than actived carbon. I agree that a mesh bags (high micron) will be preferable as a normal practice, but for clarifying the water the finer mesh will clarify/polish the water faster. Another long term option would be to use a filter media cup instead of filter socks.

 

[lapin]

Did you rinse the sand until there were no fines left?
Im going with dust. Keep changing the socks or put some polishing floss in them and change it every hour. If you have an old canister filter they can help polish the water if you put floss in them. Keep blowing off the rocks.
Since in my ipinion its not organic (haze) carbon and other chemical things will not help.

 

[Peace River]

Did you rinse the sand until there were no fines left?
Im going with dust. Keep changing the socks or put some polishing floss in them and change it every hour. If you have an old canister filter they can help polish the water if you put floss in them. Keep blowing off the rocks.
Since in my ipinion its not organic (haze) carbon and other chemical things will not help.

+1

Canister filter will filter floss is also a good option to clarify/polish the water.

 

[N2950H]

Curious if you got this resolved as I have something similar going on. I used the bagged arag alive sand and did not rinse it like I probably should have. I have lots of these floating particles now and it settles on my rock work and sand bed eventually, which then gets blown around by fish and my gyres.

I ordered some polyfill to put in the filter socks but I'm wondering how much good that will do since I don't see this stuff ever fully making it into the sump.