Cloudy tank

[Wbr46797]

Is it normal for a tank to be cloudy during cycle?

 

[Wbr46797]

Is it normal for my tank to be cloudy during cycle?

 

[azbigjohn]

Cloudy is usually a bacterial bloom, so yes, it can happen during cycle, or other major tank changes

 

[Wbr46797]

It's on week two of the cycle and full of brown algae and wasn't to sure why it's so cloudy..

 

[Maritimer]

Could very well be a heterotrophic bacterial bloom. They reproduce fast and tend to hang in the water, while the bacteria you're cycling for reproduce more slowly and cling to surfaces. The heterotrophs will fade back, in time.

~Bruce

 

[Diesel]

Is it normal for a tank to be cloudy during cycle?

Not always but yes possible.
Csn you post a pic of your tank?

 

[Flippers4pups]

Could be bacterial bloom. Should die off quickly.

 

[Wbr46797]

Ok so I don't need to worry about it then! Thanks

 

[Wbr46797]

 

[Flippers4pups]

Could be the organics fueling the bloom coming from your dry rocks.

 

[Wbr46797]

I removed all phosphates from rock before I set up tank..

 

[Diesel]

What are your cycle test results?

 

[Diesel]

I removed all phosphates from rock before I set up tank..

How did you do that?

 

[Wbr46797]

Phosphates.06
Nitrates .2
Alk 8

 

[Wbr46797]

How did you do that?

Kept them in a tank with a pump for three weeks and did water changes every other day..

 

[Diesel]

Phosphates.06
Nitrates .2
Alk 8

Great!
But what about ammonia and nitrite?

 

[Diesel]

Kept them in a tank with a pump for three weeks and did water changes every other day..

Ok you cured the rocks.
Still there phosphates in the rock.

 

[Wbr46797]

Ammonia 0

 

[Wbr46797]

Didn't test nitrite, didn't see the point if ammonia was 0

 

[Diesel]

Did your ammonia ever had a spike or was it always 0.0?