Murky "healthy" Water

[michika]

A good start!

[sunce_22]

Should I do a 100% water change so the water is clear?

[ElGuappo]

Do you have substrate? if so did you rinse it well? substrate dust can cling to the glass giving it a murky look happend to me.

[michika]

I never advocate 100% water changes, its too much and too quick of a change. Try smaller changes on a daily or semi-daily basis to see if that improves your situation.

[sunce_22]

Originally Posted by michika

I never advocate 100% water changes, its too much and too quick of a change. Try smaller changes on a daily or semi-daily basis to see if that improves your situation.

Hey I tried doing 10% water changes daily, I did it for over 1 week with one improvment which only lasted one day.

[michika]

So what about the rest of your parameters? Do you run a skimmer?

[Marlin65]

2nd that what about a skimmer they filter out crap that makes your water clear?
The reason they run ozone is to make the dirt stick to the air bubbles in the skimmer better giving you clear water without the green tint.
If you have pods and small pistol shrimp your water should be fine.
Hope that helps a skimmer is one of the most important pieces of equipment next to the live rock. The skimmer will remove your small pistol shrimp though along with all the other crap.

[sunce_22]

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

Do you have substrate? if so did you rinse it well? substrate dust can cling to the glass giving it a murky look happend to me.

Oh there always does seem to be some sand on the glass, but I always just clean it off.

Is it simply sand floating around my tank?

I never did rinse the substrate?

[dsaundry]

Dont jump the gun with water change just yet. You should try to isolate the problem..if any...

[Mik_101]

If you have fine sand substrate it could be the dust from the sand.