My 120 g mixed reef is suddenly extremely cloudy. Suddenly, as in I watched it happen over the course of maybe 10-15 minutes. I have had the tank for 8 years and never seen anything like it. The only thing I have done recently is adjust my magnesium up about 60 ppm. I have also been dosing nitrate (neophos) because I was at zero and battling very high phosphate (2.0). My nitrates are finally up to about 5 ppm, though still has not successfully reduced my phosphate and I’ve had to reduce alk dosing significantly with the increased NO3.
It almost seems like a pH dependent precipitation. The clouding started right as my pH was crossing 8.0, on the way up in its daily photosynthetic oscillation from about 7.9-8.2.
Any ideas? @Randy Holmes-Farley ?
Fish seem fine and coral polyps extension is good. Even my bubble tip nem is still out and usually he will tell me right away if there is a water problem.
It almost seems like a pH dependent precipitation. The clouding started right as my pH was crossing 8.0, on the way up in its daily photosynthetic oscillation from about 7.9-8.2.
Any ideas? @Randy Holmes-Farley ?
Fish seem fine and coral polyps extension is good. Even my bubble tip nem is still out and usually he will tell me right away if there is a water problem.
