Is a reef octo 1000 too much for my biocube?

[lordthaxto]

Hey guys, been running a reef octo classic 1000 on my biocube 32. Its been a process to get it to skim as it breaks in. But I noticed the water is cloudy now, is that normal for a few days? Maybe its microbubbles? I don't see many bubbles coming out of the skimmer though. Taking pics in a few mins once lights come on

 

[Specific Ocean]

How stocked is your tank?

It’s usually best (in my experience) to have a skimmer rated less than or at your tank volume

 

[lordthaxto]

How stocked is your tank?

It’s usually best (in my experience) to have a skimmer rated less than or at your tank volume

Currently 1 hermit, 2 snails, 3 peppermint shrimp, 2 clowns, 1 firefish goby. I plan to add more once I get a lid for my biocube ( removed stock lid to add red sea 90leds ). I have 6 medium size coral as well.

I turned the skimmer off about 2 hours ago, and the water has not cleared up much. So wondering if its just a bacteria bloom. Might grab a UV filter today to see if that changes things. I do weekly water changes, and the tank is newish.

As of Sunday params were perfect ( tested by LFS ). And my bio load has not changed from last week, and my home test show less than the first color on nitrate ( zero nitrite, and zero ammonia ).

Any idea how long it takes for actual micro bubbles to clear up? because physically, I cant see these bubble ( if they are bubbles ). Could just be a bacteria bloom

 

[lordthaxto]

Sorry for bad quality, need to get a filter for this blue light. But I don't actually see bubbles, it just happen to get cloudy after adding the skimmer and doing a water change at the same time. Took the skimmer maybe 3 hours to start producing


And with it staying kinda cloudy still. Starting to lean towards bloom due to 5 gallon water change, and adding 1.5gallons to volume with skimmer

 

[Specific Ocean]

Video isn’t working. Could be a bacterial bloom. Hard to say

 

[lordthaxto]

Video isn’t working. Could be a bacterial bloom. Hard to say

Its cleared up some today after I swapped my sump pump out with an mj1200. Im thinking bloom

 

[AZMSGT]

Yes, that skimmer is overkill for your low stocked tank.

 

[lordthaxto]

Yes, that skimmer is overkill for your low stocked tank.

I had a feeling, but at least I have a decent skimmer I can upgrade with

So far it has started skimming again, and the water cleared up ( only did a small water change yesterday of 2 gallons).

I had to swap out my sump pump, so the change was inevitable. But I did let me clean out the back area of the white stuff from the sand, so maybe that helped some.