Tank water cloudy

[drcole]

So my tank water is a bit cloudy. Nothing crazy, but not clear like I like it. What are your recommendations?? I am currently only running a filter sock stock from Red Sea on my reefer 250. What are your suggestions? Filter pads? Do I turn my skimmer on? Tank has been up one month, and it began clear.

 

[Qasimja]

try running some carbon

 

[BadFish619]

How long has tank been up? Can you post pics? May be a bacterial bloom

 

[ZoWhat]

Bacteria bloom. Good bacteria is winning over bad bacteria. It will balance in a few days

 

[drcole]

I will try my best at a picture. I for the life of me cannot get a picture that isn’t too blue.

 

[drcole]

 

[Max!]

I will try my best at a picture. I for the life of me cannot get a picture that isn’t too blue.

I've got the same problem brother. If you've got money burning a whole in your pocket you can always buy a reactor and start running carbon and just work that into your filtration. Im about to start doing that but I do know that it'll balance out on its own if I leave it be. Unfortunately, patience is the most effective filtration method you could implement right now.

 

[rkpetersen]

Agree with carbon.
Agree that it could be a bacterial bloom; make sure you're not feeding too much.
Temporarily switching to the 100 micron filter socks will also polish the water if it's suspended sediment or detritus.
Shouldn't be due to skimmer micro bubbles, if you're using the standard Reefer black mesh bubble trap.