Whoa holy cloudy water batman

[Pan]

Anyone know what would cause my water to go extremely cloudy? I had a fish die, rainford goby...i took him out when i found him. Tested ammonia, test revealed a little, like .25 or so...the lowest i can read thats not 0. did 10 gallon water change (20 gallon tank) everything looked okay then abmmo 6 hours later water looked like water that had milk poured into it. Damn i can wait to get the bigger tank.

[Invigor]

you should check nitrites as well, might just be a passing bloom

[TheReefGeek]

I would run some carbon for a few days.

[Beverly]

Are you using tap or RO water?

[oilfield safety]

Any chance that you triggered a precipitate snow storm?

Shane

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Beverly

Are you using tap or RO water?

tapwater....

[Pan]

Originally Posted by oilfield safety

Any chance that you triggered a precipitate snow storm?

Shane

I am unsure of what this is...i did notice long white stringy things in the water...looks like thread almost...

[Beverly]

Okay. The facts so far 50% water change with tapwater. That's a pretty big water change. You probably have a bacteria bloom from the declored tapwater due to the fact that Edmonton's tapwater is treated chloramine. Chloramine is a compound consisting of ammonia and chlorine, with about 1 ppm ammonia.

We had a recent discussion on chloramine in Edmonton's tapwater here....

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...light=ammonium

Instead of waiting for a bigger tank, you should invest in an RO or RO/Di unit, or else use RO or distilled water from the grocery store for water changes.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Beverly

Okay. The facts so far 50% water change with tapwater. That's a pretty big water change. You probably have a bacteria bloom from the declored tapwater due to the fact that Edmonton's tapwater is treated chloramine. Chloramine is a compound consisting of ammonia and chlorine, with about 1 ppm ammonia.

We had a recent discussion on chloramine in Edmonton's tapwater here....

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...light=ammonium

Instead of waiting for a bigger tank, you should invest in an RO or RO/Di unit, or else use RO or distilled water from the grocery store for water changes.

Since i am not allowed to install a Ro/DI unit in my apartment, is there anywhere in edmonton where i can buy bulk distilled water? i don't want to haul 5 gallon jugs from the damn grocery store
Also if there was a problem using tap water wouldn't it have shown up early, not after 4 months?

[TheReefGeek]

What do you mean, "not allowed" to install an RODI unit? Is this the landlord trying to say that?