Tank Cloudy at the back end of Cycle

Alex's Nano Reef · Jan 20, 2022

last night i noticed the tank looked slightly cloudy and this morning is was about 3 times as cloudy. I'm on the back end of the cycle this is the test i just did about 15 minutes ago.

The day before this these were my parameters and these are from my LFS who used the spin test i think it called. PH 7.7 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 3.9 Nitrate 58 Salinity 1.024 Phos .1 Ca 451 Mag 1211 Alk 5.7. about 2 days ago i also dropped the temp from 82 degrees to about 78. so if anyone has any antidotes to the problem or any idea what i should do please let me know.

Alex's Nano Reef · Jan 20, 2022

Forgot to mention Im doing a fishless cycle i completed the Seachem Stability dosing and i added one cap of Dr.Tims in as well i have not dosed bacteria yet today.

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Jan 20, 2022

Maybe bacteria bloom? Do you have sand? Maybe just the sand settling? Water will clear eventually. You can add a shrimp cocktail or feed the "ghost" fish to help your cycle.
Don't forget to take the shrimp put 4 days or so. Lol.

Give it a week or two as in 7-14 days. Do a small water change.
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Alex's Nano Reef · Jan 20, 2022

monkeyCmonkeyDo said:
Maybe bacteria bloom? Do you have sand? Maybe just the sand settling? Water will clear eventually. You can add a shrimp cocktail or feed the "ghost" fish to help your cycle.
Don't forget to take the shrimp put 4 days or so. Lol.

Give it a week or two as in 7-14 days. Do a small water change.
Check all
-d

Its for sure a bacteria bloom but ive never encountered one before plus im using the Dr.Timms ammonia chloride. yes i have crushed coral substrate and it is very coarse so its not very cloudy i set the tank up about two weeks ago a little under.