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Cloudy Tank
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:53 pm
by KrazyPlace
I've never had a cloudy tank before, but sometime starting last night my 65g reef has picked up a slight cloudy tint to it. I had to skip the lighting on the tank for a 1 day cycle while the power was out. It appears the cloudiness has gotten slightly worse throughout the day. Anyone have any suggestions?
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:02 pm
by snoopdog
Carbon ??
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:04 am
by ShagMan
Your macro going asexual?
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:24 am
by KrazyPlace
I'm not sure about the macro algae going asexual, but the hair algae are mostly gone now. I wonder if this is just the natural die-off of the vegetation because of the lack of lighting? It's not any worse this morning. My corals all look really good. Their polyps are all open and the fish are "perky". I'll change the carbon today just in case.
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:52 pm
by snoopdog
Too much calcium can also give a hazy cloud in a tank.
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:35 am
by KrazyPlace
Hey Snoop, that was a pretty good point, but I ran out of my two part additives about 3 weeks ago. I just haven't gotten around to making more yet. I'm scared to even check how low the Ca is right now.
I'll post an update this afternoon. I'll have to wait till the lights come on.
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:20 am
by SaltnLime
Josh had a good point if you have macro algae. Hope everything turns out OK.
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:06 pm
by Phisher
My sebae anemone spawned from storm/moving stress and completely clouded the tank for about 24hrs with skimmer off.
Joe
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:41 am
by KrazyPlace
After about a week of having a cloudy tank I did a 5% water change and really "stirred" things up when I siphoned out some algae. Within about 1 hour the tank is really clear. I can't imagine the water change did it, but for sure it went back to normal (i.e. clear) right after I did it.
Sometimes I wonder how much of this hobby we really understand.
