Cloudy tank.

Aaron88 · May 31, 2018

So I did a water change on the 29th right after that the tank started getting cloudy. So the next day I did a 50% water change. I wake up this morning my tank is 100% worse. I’ve attached a photo. Idk what’s going on and have no idea how to fix it. I dose Cal Akl and Mag all separately with reef fusion 1&2 my Seachem.

Please help. And just Incase you can’t tell the cloudy is white in color and my skimmer started going crazy right after the water change as well.

urban coral farmer · May 31, 2018

How olds the tank

Aaron88 said:
So I did a water change on the 29th right after that the tank started getting cloudy. So the next day I did a 50% water change. I wake up this morning my tank is 100% worse. I’ve attached a photo. Idk what’s going on and have no idea how to fix it. I dose Cal Akl and Mag all separately with reef fusion 1&2 my Seachem.

Please help. And just Incase you can’t tell the cloudy is white in color and my skimmer started going crazy right after the water change as well.

Aaron88 · May 31, 2018

The tank is 3 months old.

urban coral farmer · May 31, 2018

Bacterial bloom

Gary S · May 31, 2018

Aaron88 said:
So I did a water change on the 29th right after that the tank started getting cloudy. So the next day I did a 50% water change. I wake up this morning my tank is 100% worse. I’ve attached a photo. Idk what’s going on and have no idea how to fix it. I dose Cal Akl and Mag all separately with reef fusion 1&2 my Seachem.

Please help. And just Incase you can’t tell the cloudy is white in color and my skimmer started going crazy right after the water change as well.

My immediate thought is a bacterial bloom...relatively harmless, just watch o2

What are your parameters?

How old is the tank?

urban coral farmer · May 31, 2018

Gary S said:
My immediate thought is a bacterial bloom...relatively harmless, just watch o2

What are your parameters?

How old is the tank?

Beat ya to it lol

urban coral farmer · May 31, 2018

https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/2667672

urban coral farmer · May 31, 2018

In a newly set-up aquarium, the heterotrophs get to work quicker than the autotrophs, causing the 'cycling bloom' we so often see. Blooms are almost certainly heterotrophic if they are caused by a build up of organic waste in the substrate, which most, if not all, are.