Cloudy tank

Aaron88 · May 30, 2018

So I just did a water change and a few hours late the water started to look hazy. I just thought I was tired and my eyes were playing tricks on me so I went to bed and woke up this morning and it’s worse. All I did was change the carbon and yes I rinsed it out well and dosed Cal Akl Mag and they where all in less than normal amount.

I’ve attached a photo but I don’t think you can really see what I’m taking about in it.

DLHDesign · May 30, 2018

It's possible the water change caused coral spawning, perhaps.
When you say you dosed things, were the Ca and Alk doses done at different times?

Aaron88 · May 30, 2018

DLHDesign said:
It's possible the water change caused coral spawning, perhaps.
When you say you dosed things, were the Ca and Alk doses done at different times?

I dosed Ca and Alk probably 30 mins apart. I normally wait about an hour but I was in a hurry.

Aaron88 · May 30, 2018

Aaron88 said:
I dosed Ca and Alk probably 30 mins apart. I normally wait about an hour but I was in a hurry.

So I guess the question is how do I get it to clear back up?

nemlover91 · May 30, 2018

Aaron88 said:
So I guess the question is how do I get it to clear back up?

How long was the carbon pack in the tank? Possible bacteria bloom?

Aaron88 · May 30, 2018

I don’t use a pack I don’t think anyways. I use reef fusion 1 and 2 from Seachem

nemlover91 · May 30, 2018

Aaron88 said:
I don’t use a pack I don’t think anyways. I use reef fusion 1 and 2 from Seachem

I got ya. I'm not really sure what it is then. Did you stir the sand at all?

Aaron88 · May 30, 2018

No I didn’t do that. It’s just odd how it just started right after the water change and dosing. I think I just added the Ca and Akl to close together

nemlover91 · May 30, 2018

Aaron88 said:
No I didn’t do that. It’s just odd how it just started right after the water change and dosing. I think I just added the Ca and Akl to close together

That is prob true and you have precipitate. I would do a water change and just let everything settle 24 hrs after. Then test parameters and redose if needed.

Aaron88 · May 31, 2018

So I did a water change when I got home from work and when I woke up the water got worse. So now I’m not thinking it’s the dosing. I did a 50% water change btw.