Cloudy Water

[AlexDm]

Hi my tanks been setup for about two months now and I'm curious to why the water is very cloudy the past week!? What can be the reason and how can I fix it

 

[stevo01]

Possibly a bacterial bloom, or maybe its precipitation.

 

[stevo01]

Test your Salinity, Temp, ph, Ca, Alk. What is in the tank now, and has anything died? Also, have you dosed anything to the tank?

 

[AlexDm]

Test your Salinity, Temp, ph, Ca, Alk. What is in the tank now, and has anything died? Also, have you dosed anything to the tank?

My Salinity is 1.0245
My PH is 7.93
My Temp is 78

Not dosing anything, something did die a small baby chromis but I couldn't find hin

 

[stevo01]

I'd say a bacterial bloom. But it could be precipitation.

 

[AlexDm]

I'd say a bacterial bloom. But it could be precipitation.

How do I get rid of precipitation

 

[stevo01]

Seltzer water/soda carbonate, but I would test your Ca and Alk and Mg also.

 

[Congaken]

Seltzer water/soda carbonate, but I would test your Ca and Alk and Mg also.

how do you use soda water?

 

[Congaken]

how do you use soda water?

The cloudiness cleared...now raising my PH to 8.4 and raising salinity to about 0.24 as well...using "eight-four" by aquavitro for the PH...in two days seems to be working gradually and everybody happy...:)Might as well put up a flick of my fowlr although the camera absolutely stinks....

 

[Congaken]

My new fromia star...

 

[Congaken]

My 65 fowlr taken with a "brownie"...

 

[stevo01]

Looks nice! Just be careful raising your PH. Going too high/too fast will cause precipitation. I forgot the number, but if you ask @Randy Holmes-Farley real nice I bet he would help you :)

 

[Congaken]

My 65 fowlr taken with a "brownie"...

That bad pic was supposed to be a movie...I am so lame tech-wise...I am being careful raising the PH...it was down to about 7.5...with the star...needed to do something....