Cloudy Water

Smitty007j · Sep 12, 2014

So my waters gotten cloudy. The good thing is it looks like the cyano I've been battling is going away. Is this cause im gonna have an algae outbreak that's eating all the nutrients. Or is the cyano dying off making the water cloudy?

wildcrazyjoker81 · Sep 12, 2014

Could be just an algae bloom of some sorts and or die off. You could run some carbon and see if that helps.

Smitty007j · Sep 12, 2014

I just changed both gfo and carbon and then it went cloudy.

SeahorseKeeper · Sep 13, 2014

Smitty007j said:
I just changed both gfo and carbon and then it went cloudy.

Did you rinse them?

SantaMonica · Sep 13, 2014

A green bloom is algae.

Smitty007j · Sep 14, 2014

I rinsed them out. Found my return box had alot of build up cleaned that now just waiting.

Smitty007j · Sep 17, 2014

Still cloudy seems to have calmed down a little. Im gonna replace my chemi clean and try the chemi clean blue and also dose seachem prime.

Mstanker · Sep 17, 2014

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Mstanker · Sep 17, 2014

Normally when i get cloudy water, I'd run carbon for a few hours and also do a little water change to boost the effect. Do you have anything "run/macro algae" that can release nutrients back into your tank?