Cloudy Water Ideas

[ruslicus]

Hi

I've got cloudy water last few days and it puzzles me. My Red Planet is loosing the skin. My parameters:
1. PH 8
2. PO4 0.06
3. Ca 530
4. Alk 9
5. Salinity 1.026
6. Temp 25C

Recently I added BioPellets Reactor less than a month and I am using Live phyto and live pods. Mainly my SPS reacted. Red planet lossing the skin. Acro loosing Blue color, Pocci doesn't extend much. Other corals like hummer, acans, zoa frogspawn are ok.

Any ideas? Did 20% WC still cloudy. Thx

[subman]

Take the pellet reactor off line

[ruslicus]

Well, I was thinking about BioPellets but I was told to keep it on to break it through and it will get normal after 4-6 weeks. Wouldn't stop the process if I take it off the line?

[kien]

Do you have a picture? Is it cloudy white, green, yellow? Do you have clams? Caulerpa algae? Is the outlet of your biopellet reactor pointing at the inlet of your skimmer? Could be a phytoplankton bloom?

[kien]

Also, your calcium at 530 is a bit in the high side. Is that the value you are aiming for?

[ruslicus]

HI Kien

it is white, not too cloudy, but not clear for sure - kind of like after WC with fine sand. The lights are on aktinic now so cannot take picture. something like this http://www.tropical-fish-friends.com...ium-water.html.

BitoPellets outlet goes directly in front of skimmer inlet. Don't have clams, but have herliquin shrimps and they just started their next star fish have caulepra in refugium, can it give me problems?

[ruslicus]

Originally Posted by kien

Also, your calcium at 530 is a bit in the high side. Is that the value you are aiming for?

This was my first concern, but my ALK is 9 usually at high Calcium Alk is very low. Tomorrow I am taking a sample to Denny, may be my Calcium Tester is out. I use Hanna checkers for Alk and Calcium. Have a bit of Phosphate but shouldn't make a big problem and other corals including Elegance coral is doing well.

[mameroo2000]

Originally Posted by ruslicus

Hi

I've got cloudy water last few days and it puzzles me. My Red Planet is loosing the skin. My parameters:
1. PH 8
2. PO4 0.06
3. Ca 530
4. Alk 9
5. Salinity 1.026
6. Temp 25C

Recently I added BioPellets Reactor less than a month and I am using Live phyto and live pods. Mainly my SPS reacted. Red planet lossing the skin. Acro loosing Blue color, Pocci doesn't extend much. Other corals like hummer, acans, zoa frogspawn are ok.

Any ideas? Did 20% WC still cloudy. Thx

It's your biopellets reactor, You have bacteria bloom
At this point you will have to remove the biopellets for 2~3 days
And add air pump as the oxygen level will drop and my kill your fishes
Do water change .
U can save your used biopallets media, just wash and dry the media
When you are ready for the biopellets make sure ad enough as directed or a bet less for your total water volium . And make sure 100% all the media tumble
If you using maxi jet model 600 or under you will have to upgraded to minumum 900 but 1200 is the best for this job

[ruslicus]

Thank you everyone for comments. Will wait until next water change and see the water parameters and will decide afterall.

[ruslicus]

So over the week I had:
PH range 7.8-8,2
Alk 8.7 dropped to 8.3
Ca 450 dropped to 370
PO3 0.08-0.00 and back to 0.06 - I think my feeding affects PO3.
NO3 is 0.00 all week.

It is time to do waterchange. Should I go ahead and do WC, how much? should I try to dose and keep Alk and Ca consistent? How I can drop Alk to 8.0? I am using H2O salt at 1.025 salinity.
My pocci finaly is puffy, but I noticed my Powder Blue Tang has itch I think. I gave her garlic veggie

Thank you