Please help “like bugs” on the glass inside and cloudy water

[Reefing_addiction]

Rodi water, and how about skimmer?

If there is no live stock in tank you can turn it off

 

[mihajlo22]

You need nitrate test kit as well.
What do you plan on putting in your tank? If just fish I would have nitrate phosphate and ammonia test kit

I have clownfish and three snail, I am planing to have corals, also I have 7kg of rock inside.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

How big is your tank?
What are you planning on putting it?
I’m assuming currently you have nothing in it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Free food for fish and coral. No concern and many would love to have a Mandarin goby and have your issue. . LOL

 

[Snoopdog]

Please

should I turno off the skimmer, will they get all skimmed out? Should I do water change now because water is cloudy? Thank you

Not really. They pretty well stay on the sand, glass and rocks. I am sure the occasional one goes in the skimmer but considering the population it is probably less than 1%

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I have clownfish and three snail, I am planing to have corals, also I have 7kg of rock inside.

Do a water change. 20%. You can turn skimmer off for now.
Buy more test kits. Nitrate and ammonia if you want to do corals (depending on type you’ll need other kits)

 

[mihajlo22]

How big is your tank?
What are you planning on putting it?
I’m assuming currently you have nothing in it?

I do have currently clown fish, three snails, 7 kg rock and three small zoas.

 

[mihajlo22]

I just checked nitrite and it is very high. Few days ago was at 0. What to do?

 

[Jim8o]

Hi.. I had a similar thing happen after one of my tanks cycled a few years back. They were pods and after around a week the numbers fell and water cleared up. Think it was a bacteria bloom that made the water cloudy.

 

[IKD]

Hi there, I agree these are copepods which are good to have and require nothing special for you do to.
With regards to cloudy water, it could be a bacterial bloom. Water changes are ok to do, but the bigger concern I would have is keeping the oxygen levels in your water up while the bloom is happening. Bacterial blooms can consume the oxygen and kill your fish. The skimmer is probably helping with the oxygen level so I would not turn it off unless you have other ways to add oxygen (bubbler and creating water surface churn)

 

[Snoopdog]

Please

should I turno off the skimmer, will they get all skimmed out? Should I do water change now because water is cloudy? Thank you

Do not turn off your skimmer

 

[mihajlo22]

Thank you all