Hi All.
Feeling a little frustrated and concerned so grateful for any advice you can offer.
I've had my tank running for about 3 months now. I have a 700 litre system. Parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and undetectable nitrates. Salinity is stable at 1.025 using Aquaforest salt. I have a Lawnmower Blenny and two baby clowns and 4 or 5 Nassarius snails.
I started the tank without a protein skimmer and did a fishless cycle. I've changed 3x the water volume progressively since my cycle finished. I've had a skimmer on order for about 6 weeks. Because it was delayed my LFS was kind enough to lend me one which I installed nearly a week ago.
For the past two months of that time the tank has been cloudy - ranging from milky to flat out deep green. Right now it's brown-green water following a week or so of deep green which I assume was a phytoplankton bloom that is now slowly dying off. I haven't seen my lawnmower blenny for a week because of the lack of visibility. I literally can't seem more than 10cm in to the tank.
Is this normal or is there something I could be doing to reduce the cloudy water? Now that a skimmer is online can I expect the cloudiness to reduce? Is there something I am missing here?
Any help greatly appreciated
Feeling a little frustrated and concerned so grateful for any advice you can offer.
I've had my tank running for about 3 months now. I have a 700 litre system. Parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and undetectable nitrates. Salinity is stable at 1.025 using Aquaforest salt. I have a Lawnmower Blenny and two baby clowns and 4 or 5 Nassarius snails.
I started the tank without a protein skimmer and did a fishless cycle. I've changed 3x the water volume progressively since my cycle finished. I've had a skimmer on order for about 6 weeks. Because it was delayed my LFS was kind enough to lend me one which I installed nearly a week ago.
For the past two months of that time the tank has been cloudy - ranging from milky to flat out deep green. Right now it's brown-green water following a week or so of deep green which I assume was a phytoplankton bloom that is now slowly dying off. I haven't seen my lawnmower blenny for a week because of the lack of visibility. I literally can't seem more than 10cm in to the tank.
Is this normal or is there something I could be doing to reduce the cloudy water? Now that a skimmer is online can I expect the cloudiness to reduce? Is there something I am missing here?
Any help greatly appreciated