Recently setup a new Waterbox 105.4 frag tank.
Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ellenton Florida Posts: 983 | So confused and I've never had this issue on several of my previous reef setups. I used Caribsea "Arag-Alive Fiji Pink sand, Marco Rocks and Bio-Spira. I'm currently going on week 7. My tank has been crystal clear after an initial cloudiness for a few days. The past 3 days show the tank completely clouded. I have 4 blue tail damsels that are doing fine, eating well and seem to be unaffected. I was proceeding slow and was not looking to increase the bio-load in the tank for quite some time but I'm baffled as to why the tank became cloudy almost overnight and has remained that way for 3 full days. My skimmer is running and filter socks are non-clogged and clean. I was adding some Microbacter 7 at about the 2-3 week mark to add some bacteria diversity and aid in the cycling process but stopped just short of the suggested "new tank" period of 2 weeks (stopped at day 11) because there were several small 1" patches that appeared on sand. I reduced the photo period from 5 hours to 3 and the water remained clear up until 3 days ago. I still have Microbacter 7 on hand as well as Vibrant. Anyone know what is causing the this cloudiness and what if anything I should do at this point? |