cloudy water

[Myka]

You should be ok for oxygen since your skimmer is running. If you point a powerhead at the surface to make a good ripple that will help. You're going to have to get your parameters balanced out at some point, may as well be while you're waiting for it to clear up. That's the only reason I've suggested to get your calcium back up to where it should be (that and raising calcium will lower alkalinity).

[roblarss]

sounds good. I have pretty decent ripples from the closed loop. Ill just slowly raise the Calcium over the next few days and keep watching things. This morning I could see slightly further into the tank.

[roblarss]

I did some tests tonight and all the same as yesterday. The cloudyness is starting to go away slowly. I can prob see 5" into tank.
starting to get better.

[mikellini]

Yep, gotta be bacterial bloom clearing up imo

[roblarss]

Have all my parameters in check still and the bloom is still partially subsiding. The fish are all accounted for and starting to resume cruising around. Still really cloudy, can see about 10" into the water. The skimmer is producing more liquid and less foam now. Im going to keep it set as is and dumping out the brown goo.

Should be on its way to being back to normal soon.

Thanks for all the help.

[Myka]

Good to hear there is improvement and that the fish are still ok.