New tank issues

lumberjacks215

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I have been having cloudy water that comes and goes (heavier during the day) for the last 2-3 weeks. Water testing comes back normal and tank inhabitants are all doing fine
The tank 35/10 and is 6 weeks old. It has 20 lbs of live sand and 5 lbs of live rock. I used microbacter to cycle.
I have tried no lights for 4 days with no change.
I added reef spec carbon with no change.

There is not a lot of algae growing, the hermit crab does a good job but I have been noticing some small bubbles along the algae that is growing. Is that something that should be alarming?
Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated.
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Sounds pretty normal to me. The cloudiness is caused by bacterial blooms. It should go away by itself after a few days but if persistent, you can run a UV sterilizer.
 

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