Cloudy water

[littlehermit0]

Why do I keep getting bacterial blooms in my tank?? Yesterday I washed my filtration and did a water change, and boom milky water again, I'm currently aerating it

Ammonia- 0~
Nitrate- 25ppm~

 

[ryanjohn1]

Is it a new tank?

 

[littlehermit0]

Is it a new tank?

Was empty for 5 months, added things a month ago and there was a bacterial bloom, and today another one but more stronger, so the tank is 6 months old

 

[eliaslikesfish]

tried a UV sterilizer? if there’s something off it won’t fix it but it will at least clear up the water.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Was empty for 5 months, added things a month ago and there was a bacterial bloom, and today another one but more stronger, so the tank is 6 months old

Was it empty cause something died or never got any life added?

 

[littlehermit0]

Was it empty cause something died or never got any life added?

It was a QT transformed into a cold reef tank

 

[littlehermit0]

tried a UV sterilizer? if there’s something off it won’t fix it but it will at least clear up the water.

Last time I only waited doing nothing in the tank and it cleared up faster (I took out the activated carbon)

 

[ryanjohn1]

Do you test any other parameters of water in it? Or what all have you been dosing into it.

 

[littlehermit0]

Do you test any other parameters of water in it? Or what all have you been dosing into it.

Waste Away, on the bottle it says that the water might get cloudy, but in my other tanks it doesn't go cloudy, I dosed it a few days ago so there shouldn't be anything, I believe this happened from the filter cleaning from yesterday but I don't know why this happens, I also dose Phyto and zooplankton, coralline booster, Ca Mg KH pH buffers but that isn't important, the other parameters are
No2- 0.5 ppm
Ca- 450ppm
Mg- 1240ppm
PH- 8.0
KH- 8
Po4- unknown/ about 0.5 ppm

 

[ryanjohn1]

Yeah. You dosed in a bacteria and food for said bacteria. So yes you’ve got a bloom. Let it ride