Cloudy Water

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Morning fellow fish fans

Quick question: came down this morning to find the water very cloudy. Tank is only 3 or 4 weeks old.

Should i be worried or Do I let nature do its thing ??

Rmckoy · Jul 22, 2023

Most important question

Do you have any fish in the tank yet ?

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Rmckoy said:
Most important question

Do you have any fish in the tank yet ?

2 clown fish

Rmckoy · Jul 22, 2023

has anything changed or been added to the system ?

Normally cloudy water means bacterial bloom .
You need flow and oxygenation as the bacteria will use a
Lot of oxygen suffocating fish .

Water changes are your friend but you will need to find the source of the problem and correct it asap

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Water change as I type

Garf · Jul 22, 2023

Dave_C said:
2 clown fish

Lots of folk report that leaving it to sort itself out works. I’ve not encountered this and adding a UV stopped any fish distress, after a prolonged waiting period. A yellow tang seemed especially susceptible to whatever it was in my tank, cleared right up in 24hrs. My bloom was photosynthetic however.

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Garf said:
Lots of folk report that leaving it to sort itself out works. I’ve not encountered this and adding a UV stopped any fish distress, after a prolonged waiting period. A yellow tang seemed especially susceptible to whatever it was in my tank, cleared right up in 24hrs. My bloom was photosynthetic however.

Blessin panicking here .....

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Also increased the flow from the wave maker .. fingers crossed and luck of the irish

Rmckoy · Jul 22, 2023

Garf said:
Lots of folk report that leaving it to sort itself out works. I’ve not encountered this and adding a UV stopped any fish distress, after a prolonged waiting period. A yellow tang seemed especially susceptible to whatever it was in my tank, cleared right up in 24hrs. My bloom was photosynthetic however.

Every time my tank went cloudy was after a tank transfer or anemone in wave makers .
And both times it didn’t end well for all fish .

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Rmckoy said:
Every time my tank went cloudy was after a tank transfer or anemone in wave makers .
And both times it didn’t end well for all fish .

Think may have been the filter intake wasn't taking in... anything. Took all apart and the amount of **** now floating on the water

Rmckoy · Jul 22, 2023

Dave_C said:
Think may have been the filter intake wasn't taking in... anything. Took all apart and the amount of **** now floating on the water

Clean the intake often ….

If my fish destroy the nori and it floats my overflow or if I’m scraping the glass my overflow will plug up .
But usually notice is as the sump goes too low .

Dave_C · Jul 22, 2023

Have a brand new jbl cristal profi e1052 and gotta admit the intake pressure is very low

Rmckoy said:
Clean the intake often ….

If my fish destroy the nori and it floats my overflow or if I’m scraping the glass my overflow will plug up .
But usually notice is as the sump goes too low .