Need some advice

[Daurland]

I have a 75 gallon running on the a canister have been running good with all good numbers so far

mag 1350
Salitity 1.024
Calcium 400
Po4 0.
Alk 8.4
Ph 8.2
Nitrite 0.1-0.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
I replaced and cleaned carbon filter floss inside of the canister two days ago and did a 25% water change and for the last two days I have been having a slight cloudy tank

I am running a uv clarifier as well through the filter

Any suggestion or advice

 

[reefsUP2]

You can use filter floss and koral snow to capture the bio bloom particles.

 

[DanyL]

It sounds like a bacterial bloom, well agitate your water and wait for it to clear up.
Did you add any bacteria or carbon source lately?

 

[Duffer]

Also your nitrates at zero is not a good thing, you are asking for some issues with low nutrients

 

[Jason Scalise]

A 25% water change is a healthy amount…not a bad amount but decent size volume. Could be a short lived bacterial bloom. If so, I would not worry too much about it. If you are concerned about livestock and depending on what you have, you could ensure you are aerating the water either at the surface with agitation or airstone. If you have a skimmer, that will also do it as well as depleting the bacteria…if that is in fact the culprit.

 

[Daurland]

It sounds like a bacterial bloom, well agitate your water and wait for it to clear up.
Did you add any bacteria or carbon source lately?

Only thing I did was dose alk for about a week and that was it

 

[Tired]

Zero phosphate and very low nitrate is dangerous to the corals and beneficial algae that can help to outcompete bacterial/algae blooms. You should definitely get those up, and fast- lack of phosphate can kill corals quick once they get too stressed.

Fix the nutrients, add extra aeration just in case, and the problem should resolve itself.

 

[Daurland]

You can use filter floss and koral snow to capture the bio bloom particles.

I change and out new filter floss in two days ago

 

[Daurland]

Also your nitrates at zero is not a good thing, you are asking for some issues with low nutrients

What do you recommend with getting it up than ?

 

[Daurland]

Zero phosphate and very low nitrate is dangerous to the corals and beneficial algae that can help to outcompete bacterial/algae blooms. You should definitely get those up, and fast- lack of phosphate can kill corals quick once they get too stressed.

Fix the nutrients, add extra aeration just in case, and the problem should resolve itself.

My bad my po4 is 0.12 don’t know why it didn’t show

 

[DanyL]

Honestly, bottomed out nitrates aren't as bad as people may think, but I would raise them to around 5-10.
You'll want to watch your phosphates closely when raising nitrate as it may cause it to be consumed more rapidly.

 

[Duffer]

What do you recommend with getting it up than ?

Easy solution is feed more

chemical wise neonitrate brightwell or sodium nitrate

 

[Daurland]

Easy solution is feed more

chemical wise neonitrate brightwell or sodium nitrate

I feed two times a day and feed my coral 3 times a week, is that enough ?

 

[Daurland]

Honestly, bottomed out nitrates aren't as bad as people may think, but I would raise them to around 5-10.
You'll want to watch your phosphates closely when raising nitrate as it may cause it to be consumed more rapidly.

What do you recommend doing to raise them

 

[DanyL]

What do you recommend doing to raise them

Personally, I mix my own Sodium Nitrate solution, you can also dose Amino Acids instead.
I wouldn't feed heavier though, because your phosphates will take a hit and are fine right now.

 

[Daurland]

Personally, I mix my own Sodium Nitrate solution, you can also dose Amino Acids instead.
I wouldn't feed heavier though, because your phosphates will take a hit and are fine right now.

Ok I will look into it, I will continue feeding as normal

 

[vetteguy53081]

My bad my po4 is 0.12 don’t know why it didn’t show

Sounds more like it. With canisters, you will have to do frequent maintenance as you will experience high nitrate and phosphate at times. Issue is you have mechanical filtration but lack chemical and biological.
mechanical as with yours traps solid waste like a skimmer does.
Chemical filtration traps and removes chemical compounds as carbon does but with higher efficiency and biological filtration utilizes the natural process of use of nitrifying bacteria with use of bio blocks, ceramic beads and such
Do you have pics of tank under white lighting ?

 

[Daurland]

Sounds more like it. With canisters, you will have to do frequent maintenance as you will experience high nitrate and phosphate at times. Issue is you have mechanical filtration but lack chemical and biological.
mechanical as with yours traps solid waste like a skimmer does.
Chemical filtration traps and removes chemical compounds as carbon does but with higher efficiency and biological filtration utilizes the natural process of use of nitrifying bacteria with use of bio blocks, ceramic beads and such
Do you have pics of tank under white lighting ?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Keep white light intensity down a little for the algae and add a pouch of chemiPure blue or elite to canister- Should last up to 3 months and reduce phos and sone no3.
Add a few snails such as:
Turbo grazer
astrea
cerith
nerite

8-10 carribean blue leg hermits which are tiny

 

[Daurland]

Keep white light intensity down a little for the algae and add a pouch of chemiPure blue or elite to canister- Should last up to 3 months and reduce phos and sone no3.
Add a few snails such as:
Turbo grazer
astrea
cerith
nerite

8-10 carribean blue leg hermits which are tiny

In the canister now I have
carbon
Prefilter fluval product
Filter floss

I have a sea hare
6 turbos
astrea
5 bubblebees
Cleaner shrimp