Can Calc and Alk imbalance cause persistent cloudy water?

tang daddy · #1 09-27-2013, 07:14 AM

Run carbon

jostafew · #2 09-27-2013, 03:27 PM

One of the first things I did. I have a TLF 150 reactor running with a fresh batch of carbon.

toytech · #3 09-27-2013, 04:43 PM

What salt are you using , when I got the to bottom of my bucket of instant ocean I suffered through a few weeks of un explained cloudiness
, switch to a new batch and it went away . I wasn't testing at the time so I don't know if cal and alk where out of wack but there was definitely something in the salt .

iceman86 · #4 09-27-2013, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by toytech

What salt are you using , when I got the to bottom of my bucket of instant ocean I suffered through a few weeks of un explained cloudiness
, switch to a new batch and it went away . I wasn't testing at the time so I don't know if cal and alk where out of wack but there was definitely something in the salt .

My reef looked like crap when using instant ocean reef crystals. I had all sorts of issues. I switched to h2ocean and it's now a completely different reef. The colours and growth are way better and my parameters are more stable too. Everything looks a lot more healthy. I'll pay the extra $20 to have a beautiful reef.

jostafew · #5 09-27-2013, 05:19 PM

I too had a bad experience with a bucket of IO, it wiped out all of my fish and inverts and about half my corals. By the time I figured out that the salt was to blame it was too late. I've since switched to DD H2Ocean. I did start a new bucket of that recently, I'm trying to think back on whether that coincided with the start of the cloudiness.... I did a 10gal (20%) WC somewhere around that time but I can't say for sure if it was before of after the cloudiness started.... Maybe I'll try to mix up a fresh bucket and see how that looks. Thanks for the input, will update after I've investigated the salt.

jostafew · #6 09-28-2013, 03:44 PM

Water cleared up! Made a deal with a fellow Canreefer for a UV sterilizer and set it up yesterday around dinner time. By 10:00 the water was noticeably clearer and by this morning it was pretty much perfect! Looks like it was just a bacterial bloom in my case after all, was sure lasting for a long time though.

Thanks for everyone's input