New picasso tf is making my tank cloudy

[Makubex]

Hes in a temporary qt tank for a month, hes 3.20", hes picking at the sand searching for food stirring it up making the tank cloudy, he'll go in a 125 with sand in 29 days

 

[Makubex]

Should i switch to crushed coral instead? Do all triggers do this? ALSO... i have like 30+ aiptasias in there could it be just him nipping them making them send their toxins making the tank cloudy?

 

[Sharkbait19]

A qt tank typically shouldn’t have sand in it, as it makes it hard to clean and can mess with medications.
If the sandbed is dirty, the trigger will kick it up so it’s good to keep the sand clean.

 

[Makubex]

A qt tank typically shouldn’t have sand in it, as it makes it hard to clean and can mess with medications.
If the sandbed is dirty, the trigger will kick it up so it’s good to keep the sand clean.

He's in qt because he's new

 

[Steve and his Animals]

Any trigger species that isn't a planktivore has the ability to do this. So does any boxfish, puffer, filefish, etc.

If you want a trigger that won't mess with your sand (as much), try a bluethroat or sargassum. Next best choices would be a niger, pinktail, or black durgon/indian black. Any trigger with a more protruding mouth/triangular body shape is going to be a benthic feeder, so blowing around sand to look for worms and such is in their nature.

 

[Steve and his Animals]

He's in qt because he's new

He's saying it's not usually a good idea to have sand in a QT tank, not that there's a problem in QTing a triggerfish. Reef sands can absorb medications like copper that can mess with keeping the levels in a good range.

 

[Sharkbait19]

He's saying it's not usually a good idea to have sand in a QT tank, not that there's a problem in QTing a triggerfish. Reef sands can absorb medications like copper that can mess with keeping the levels in a good range.

Exactly

Qt is usually best done bare bottom except for special considerations with fish that need to burrow (like many wrasses).

 

[undermind]

He's saying it's not usually a good idea to have sand in a QT tank, not that there's a problem in QTing a triggerfish. Reef sands can absorb medications like copper that can mess with keeping the levels in a good range.

Edit: @Steve and his Animals and @Sharkbait19 snuck responses in before me while I was typing. I wasn't trying to pile on

But are there aiptasia in your QT? And sand? Or are we misunderstanding something?

Great idea QT'ing everything but if there are aiptasia in your QT (and sand) then it seems as though the concept of quarantining has lost it's purpose. You don't need sand or rock in a QT. In fact, it's very problematic.