Strange colored water

[nick76lebanon]

Hi so I'm pretty new to the reefing hobby, I started my first tank about a month and a half ago and I've had pretty clear water this entire time but right now the water seems kind of cloudy and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out why? I put in two caps of reef fusion 2 part solution every third day and I feed reef roids and polyp booster every other day as well. I feed about one cube of frozen brine shrimp every day but none of that has ever seemed to effect my water quality. I just did a 25% water change and it went back to cloudy within a few hours. Thank you for any help you can give me!

 

[jeffchapok]

It could be a bacterial bloom. I had that early on. I added a UV sterilizer and it cleared up overnight. I've kept the sterilizer and run it 24x7.

 

[nick76lebanon]

Do you have any specific UV sterilizer you would recommend? and are there any negatives to having one?

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Are you running any kind of carbon in your system??? Reef Roids be careful how much you add as well I dose like half what it says in the directions

 

[nick76lebanon]

Are you running any kind of carbon in your system??? Reef Roids be careful how much you add as well I dose like half what it says in the directions

Yes I use carbon and thank you for the suggestion on the reef roids. I'll try cutting back the amount

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

No problem you are welcome are you running a skimmer??

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Have you tested your water recently ?

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

I would test calcium for sure..Have you added bacteria to your tank any new creatures added in lately??