Cleaner reefer water tips?

[Jhoussock]

I have a reefer 250 with two media cups filled with floss, a protein skimmer, Uv filter and mini reactor with carbon and gfo. My tank was bought used and moved about a month ago. All livestock is doing great but my water is always filled with tiny particles...not bubbles. I water change roughly 20 gallons every week. I also have dust algae on the glass every other day that needs to be knocked of with a magnet cleaner. I don’t mind the dust algae as much but would love to get the water cleared. Moving from fresh water I had nice clear water and just can’t seem to get it that way with salt. Any tips with the reefer sump that would clear out the particles better?

 

[JumboShrimp]

Sounds like things are going pretty well for you, other than maybe the need for a little more water ‘polishing.’ As a tweek, try using filter “pad” material for a while— as it will trap more (finer) particles than the floss. Of course, if you don’t mind the idea of adding ‘chemicals,’ try a little water clarifier which acts by binding / settling fine debris. Some people use a tiny dose as part of their maintence procedure— but it sounds like you just need a one-time jump to get out ahead of things. Best wishes!

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Funny how every reef is different. Do you have sand or BB? A lot of flow? Some things it could be, fine sand being blown around, ditritus being blown around from a BB, the rock could be shedding particals, if its super fine like smoke in the water it could be bacterial.

 

[Jhoussock]

I have sand Carib sea Fiji pink waters clear just has floaters. Decent flow with twin mp10s but don’t have them turned up much