Cloudy Water Ideas

[ruslicus]

Kien you my mentor will follow your guideline! Thank you!

[ruslicus]

So today I've got my Hanna PO3 checker and I am getting 0.03ppm which aligned to Denny's result. I used another Ca test Red Sea and I am getting 410ppm. Mine was showing 450ppm Should I start dosing a little bit Ca or keep testing couple of more days to confirm Ca is dropping? Alk dropped to 8.4, PH range 7.9-8.2.

[kien]

Originally Posted by ruslicus

So today I've got my Hanna PO3 checker and I am getting 0.03ppm which aligned to Denny's result. I used another Ca test Red Sea and I am getting 410ppm. Mine was showing 450ppm Should I start dosing a little bit Ca or keep testing couple of more days to confirm Ca is dropping? Alk dropped to 8.4, PH range 7.9-8.2.

And once again, all your numbers look just fine :-) P03 is reasonably low should continue to drop (although probably at a slower rate) from this point onward. Ca at 410 is great. What is your target? When I was dialing my Ca in I waited an entire water change cycle to see what the total drop was between water changes, and then calculated how much I needed to dose to compensate for the Ca drop in between water changes.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by kien

And once again, all your numbers look just fine :-) P03 is reasonably low should continue to drop (although probably at a slower rate) from this point onward. Ca at 410 is great. What is your target? When I was dialing my Ca in I waited an entire water change cycle to see what the total drop was between water changes, and then calculated how much I needed to dose to compensate for the Ca drop in between water changes.

im with kien , your water is perfectly fine overall i wouldnt be worried and would take a step back.

heres some ideas:

when you changed out the gfo its possible you stripped a bit too much phos too soon, seeing as how its your red planet that rtn'd it would make sense.

your tank is fairly new at about a couple months old plus a new higher bio load, that will take some time to adjust to.

it may be possible your cloudy water is a spawning from something

either way glad things are looking up bud

[saltyair]

I have had cloudy water twice both times in the first year of my 75 gal.

the first time was due to a mini maxi spawning the second time was due to bacteria bloom @ the 5 month mark. took a few days to clear up using carbon.