Tank snowing

[michael.cser20]

When you say "right after" the addition, how long after and how fast to build the milkiness? Do you mean within a couple of minutes? If so, it is not bacteria. They cannot grow that fast.

Are you using tap water? It can have alk higher than seawater, and adding salt mix to it can push alk too high, causing precipitation.

Rodi water. Yes the second i added it it got milky. All my corals are fine my levels are perfect. Mag 1420 calc 405 alk 9. How do i clean it. Its on the rock the the glass. The bottom. Everything. I just put a filter sock online to try that

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

In most locations, you'll just have to wait a few days for it to disappear from view on its own.

 

[morpheas]

What I would do just for the hell of it is take a small sample with a baster/syringe/pipette and try to dissolve it in RODI water. If it does dissolve then I would be behooved to conclude it's calcium carbonate (CaCO3). What levels do you usually keep your big three?

PS: I also agree that from the speed of the reaction it sounds like a chemical one, specifically salt precipitation...

 

[michael.cser20]

What I would do just for the hell of it is take a small sample with a baster/syringe/pipette and try to dissolve it in RODI water. If it does dissolve then I would be behooved to conclude it's calcium carbonate (CaCO3). What levels do you usually keep your big three?

PS: I also agree that from the speed of the reaction it sounds like a chemical one, specifically salt precipitation...

Around what they are now. Mag1420, alk9, cal410. I did try a syringe but i was using saltwater from the tank. Ill try rodi water now

 

[michael.cser20]

What I would do just for the hell of it is take a small sample with a baster/syringe/pipette and try to dissolve it in RODI water. If it does dissolve then I would be behooved to conclude it's calcium carbonate (CaCO3). What levels do you usually keep your big three?

PS: I also agree that from the speed of the reaction it sounds like a chemical one, specifically salt precipitation...

Its on my powerheads and stuff. If its calcium will it harden and ruin the pump

 

[zoomonster]

Its on my powerheads and stuff. If its calcium will it harden and ruin the pump

If that's what it is then when things settle down just soak the power heads in vinegar until everything dissolves. I have to do that about once a month on my MP40's from the coralline build up.

 

[michael.cser20]

Good news its looks alot better today. It looks like it may take a week till be back to normal though. Lesson learned. Test and prepare new saltwater better.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Good news its looks alot better today. It looks like it may take a week till be back to normal though. Lesson learned. Test and prepare new saltwater better.

Do you know what was wrong with it?

 

[michael.cser20]

Do you know what was wrong with it?

I made the saltwater like a hour before putting it into the tank. I never do that but i did so im thinking thats why.