Cloudy water

[Beretta]

I have an fluval evo 13.5g. I have had it for a little over a month. I have added a couple fish, coral and anems. Now, I had an algae bloom due from feeding the coral reef-roids. I dropped that and got AB+. I don’t dose much if any at all. Once every two weeks. I do a water change every week and now due to be cloudy water I have been doing it twice a week. I got some vibrant and put only 1ml in my return pump area so it could pump it through my tank. My water is extremely cloudy and I can not seem to get rid of it. I had chaeto in my second chamber which I took out before I did the vibrant. I do not know what to do to help expel this. All my numbers are low or in range.. my phosphates are not high. My nitrates are low and my ammonia is safe. I got more cuc hermits and turbos. I noticed my rock has a bunch of green algae but since my water changes there is nothing growing on my glass just cloudy water. Help please!!
I would attach pics but I am not home to do so!

 

[brandon429]

post a pic of your setup

haze growth on glass is likely a strong component to the clouding, take some water out in a clear glass cup and shine a light through it separated from the tank/see if still equally cloudy, those are potent foods and are likely being overfed in the small tank. post tank pic

 

[Beretta]

I even got a air stone. Doing a water change now. I think it’s a bacterial bloom. I just don’t know what I could do to help clear this up before my fish & coral suffer.

 

[bushdoc]

Your system is too young and cannot cope with bioload, including your coral feeding. It takes many weeks or even months to establish healthy nitrifying ( and denitrifying ) bacteria on rock. I presume you used dry rock. Water changes are not very efficient method to control heterotrophic bacteria bloom as those are multiplying too fast.
You should concentrate on aerating water with airstone and if you have skimmer, that is even better. Decrease or even stop feeding and definitely stop coral feeding. UV sterilizer might be very useful. Also activated carbon.
Good luck!

 

[Sump Crab]

Buy one of the “green killing machines” UV sterilizers. It will clear up overnight if you use one IME. Amazon or petco usually has in stock

 

[Cell]

Too much too soon.

 

[Rmckoy]

Slow down and stop dosing unnecessary products .

do not dose anything you can’t test the need for !

 

[Beretta]

I put a uv sterilizer in and will pray it will help clear this up.