Refugium super cloudy

[bct15]

I came home from class this mourning and my ex frag tank that turned itself into a refugium is super cloudy, I can't even see but an inch into it. What on earth would cause this? There is about five different kinds of macro algae, a ton of pods, bristle worms, limpets, and small white snails that everybody has. There is a couple nassarius snails, emerald crabs, and hermits in there. A colony of protopalys, a receding chalice im trying I rejuvenate, and a couple Zoa frags. None of the chemistry is testing off, I tested ph alk nitrates and nitrites.

Alk 8.7
Ph 8.2
Nitrates > 20 ppm
Nitrites 0

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[atoll]

A number of things can cause this to happen inc an algae die off which is the most likely. Also a spawning of something like a snail a worm or other. Bacterial explosion and less likely would be would be salts coming out of solution following an imbalance of magnesium and calcium.

 

[spscrazy]

algae going asexual?

 

[bct15]

Well I got back from my doctors appointment and was planning on doing a water change to it, but it is completely cleared up.


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[Dowtish]

Something was trying to spawn most likely.

 

[that novice guy]

Brittle stars spawning i think

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[dorky]

It could be anything verts trying to get busy making babies. It happen in my dp tank n never look at the starfish the same way like I use to before -_-