Hello.
I have a new Reef Tank that completed ammonia/bacteria initial cycle about a month ago. I added two Clowns about 3 weeks ago and all is/was well. I have had diatoms over the last couple weeks. Yesterday afternoon in the matter of hours, cloudiness appeared as shown in the picture. I do have a UV that I was getting ready to install in the coming days and quickly hooked it up last night...low water flow. This morning the cloudiness still appears. Is this part of the cycle stages? Will the UV resolve this? Also, here is a list of changes that took place 24hrs before the excessive cloudiness appeared:
1.) added a pair of Bangaii Cardinals,, doubling fish count from 2 to 4
2.) added carbon to the sump to try and remove the minor cloudiness that has existed over the last week or so (which is now like a fog).
3.) changed filter sock when I added the carbon.
4.) increased tank temp from 79.0 to 80.0 as I was preparing to add Algae Barn Coralline Algae in a Bottle later this week
Is the cloudiness part of the overall cycle?
Also...I am running the UV with low flow (2-3x turnover) over the last 12hrs.is that ok?
I believe those are the only things that changed.
I have a new Reef Tank that completed ammonia/bacteria initial cycle about a month ago. I added two Clowns about 3 weeks ago and all is/was well. I have had diatoms over the last couple weeks. Yesterday afternoon in the matter of hours, cloudiness appeared as shown in the picture. I do have a UV that I was getting ready to install in the coming days and quickly hooked it up last night...low water flow. This morning the cloudiness still appears. Is this part of the cycle stages? Will the UV resolve this? Also, here is a list of changes that took place 24hrs before the excessive cloudiness appeared:
1.) added a pair of Bangaii Cardinals,, doubling fish count from 2 to 4
2.) added carbon to the sump to try and remove the minor cloudiness that has existed over the last week or so (which is now like a fog).
3.) changed filter sock when I added the carbon.
4.) increased tank temp from 79.0 to 80.0 as I was preparing to add Algae Barn Coralline Algae in a Bottle later this week
Is the cloudiness part of the overall cycle?
Also...I am running the UV with low flow (2-3x turnover) over the last 12hrs.is that ok?
I believe those are the only things that changed.