Cloudy water?

[Saaqib_Ansari]

Always had high nitrates at 40-50ppm and PO4 at 0.1 coral look fine algae isn’t a huge issue either. Recently started over feeding a little with the addition of new fish and seen my nitrates jump to 100+ on API test kit and PO4 at 0.25.

0 ammonia
0 nitrate

Started dosing Nopox yesterday and today 20ml each time (3ml per 100l as per the instructions)
~700 litre tank

Salifert test kit today shows nitrate between 50 and 100ppm

After 2nd dose today tank is getting cloudy? Skimmer is frothing a lot which I know is meant to happen. Should I skim wetter? Stop dosing? Or carry on as normal?

 

[dvgyfresh]

Nopox is causing a bacterial bloom , I would run skimmer wet and stop dosing nopox for a bit

 

[Saaqib_Ansari]

Nopox is causing a bacterial bloom , I would run skimmer wet and stop dosing nopox for a bit

Cheers will do - once water clears up any ideas on how much to dose to bring it down as I was only following instructions and it’s caused this

 

[dvgyfresh]

Cheers will do - once water clears up any ideas on how much to dose to bring it down as I was only following instructions and it’s caused this

I don’t recommend using nopox in this instance I’ve heard too many stories about a tank crash (bacterial bloom lowers oxygen causes mass die off) can you find another method to lower nitrates ? You could put some chaeto in DT or refugium , water changes, just until you get to a point where you don’t have to dose a lot of nopox

 

[Saaqib_Ansari]

I don’t recommend using nopox in this instance I’ve heard too many stories about a tank crash (bacterial bloom lowers oxygen causes mass die off) can you find another method to lower nitrates ? You could put some chaeto in DT or refugium , water changes, just until you get to a point where you don’t have to dose a lot of nopox

Getting down from a 100+ nitrates with water changes and chaeto sounds like a long time?