Cloudy water-help please, confused

jdaven22 · May 11, 2013

So my tank has had cloudy water for the past couple of weeks. I haven't really paid super attention to it because I am going through a cycle and thought it may be a bacterial bloom.

It is just a whitish murky look, not green water, no particulates that I can see.

Currently I am running purigen, dosing microbacter7 per instructions, red sea Nopox per instructions. Also running Brightwell clarifi-sw per instructions

My params are ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-0, calcium-500, carbonate hardness---through the roof but I am not sure I am following the instructions correctly.

Did a 8g water change (rodi) two days ago and no change in clarity. Hasnt gotten worse, hasnt gotten better.

I am kind of thinking I am going to stop dosing the Microbacter7 since my tank is has cycled through to see if that helps.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone.

jdaven22 · May 11, 2013

Also, I have some Seachem SeaGel (carbon and phosgaurd) that I could add to help clear the water but I have heard horror stories of it since I guess the phosguard is aluminum based.

Oh and no tank inhabitants, I am in the Nano in 90 comp.

46gReef · May 11, 2013

I would stop dosing everything and see what happens....do you have LR in there?

jdaven22 · May 11, 2013

Yes. Live rock is in the tank. No algae or cyano blooms. Tank is looking really well aside from the cloudiness. I think I am going to stop dosing everything like you said and see what type of impact that has.

Also, no other rock; just the live rock. The sand was dead sand.

mike007 · May 11, 2013

Cut down on the nopox it will cause a bloom and cloudiness but will go away if you cut down. Also you do not need to use any phosphate or nitrate removers with nopox. You can use carbon which will help clear water. I wouldnt recommend mixing any of that other stuff with the nopox. Great product.

jdaven22 · May 14, 2013

I cut out Nopox and discontinued the microbacter7. Tank is looking crystal clear now. Thanks everyone. I will probably continue use of nopox if I start seeing any phosphate'y conditions, it works really well.