Cloudy water/fish not moving

[Hempknight]

So I did a 30 to 40% water change yesterday cleaned my filter media ECT because of cloudy water woke up this morning and havnt really noticed a change any suggestions?

 

[Hempknight]

 

[Tokash23]

How long has your tank been up? Water test would be first suggestion

 

[Hempknight]

I've taken to lfs last night and said eveything was fine but that the cloudiness/fish not moving was because the stand was disturbed

 

[Hempknight]

Almost 3 months

 

[Hempknight]

 

[Hempknight]

My coral seems to be doing great along with hermits and emerald crab

 

[Emmagmrtz]

It's probably the sand. And I'm not sure what you mean your fish aren't moving

 

[Hempknight]

They stay right there in that area and won't swim to other side and if they do 1 stays and the other swims but now they are both acting like they used to

 

[Tokash23]

Did you disturb your sand bed when you did the water change? Could be a bacterial bloom. Maybe throw some carbon in see if it clear up.

 

[Hempknight]

 

[Hempknight]

I did when I was refilling hose got loose and spryed everywhere moved the sand a lot

 

[Hempknight]

And I have 1 bag I changed in it now ran out of it so one bag will have to do

 

[brandon429]

we made a giant thread on sand rinsing just for this condition above. it was six pages of why one should rinse even live sand, and included proofs that rinsing live sand that doesn't contain any pods, worms, burrowers, is ideal and that to not rinse is unideal

wanna take your tank down and rinse that bed to start fresh>? if not, I don't blame you its big work. but if you did, it wouldn't cloud and you'd be freer to work in the tank. if you don't want to change out the bed/rinse then in time the small silty particles will take on biofilms and adhere together, harder to suspend and the clouding will reduce. large events like dropping a rock still makes clouds though, its better to start rinsed.

 

[Hempknight]

Thank you all very much sounds like I got,my weekend project lol

 

[brandon429]

here is at least a collection of others doing the changeout if that helps any, see their anticipations and outcomes etc
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/t...ead-aka-one-against-many.230281/#post-2681445

 

[Ubans13]

I also notice you said fish don't move! I only see clowns and they tend to pick a spot or thing like a class cleaner to hang around. Clowns are not know to swim end to end or be very adventurous.

 

[jwshiver]

Looks like a bacterial bloom. If it is a bacterial bloom it will deplete the water of oxygen and make your clowns lethargic. Do you have skimmer? You might try adding an air stone and see if it perks up your fish.

 

[Hempknight]

I don't have a skimmer at this time and I though u coudlnt add air bubbles in salt water

 

[jwshiver]

I use a air stone all the time in my QT tank when treating with medications. Prazipro always causes a bacterial bloom when I use it. Using a air stone will cause some salt creep above the area where the bubbles break. Avoid a stone that gives a very fine bubble. It might be worth trying for a few days just to see if your fish have a positive response.