Unclear Water?

[brett042001]

my water looks murky and the tank is about 2 months old but I don't know how to fix it....I have a aquaclear 50

 

[Diesel]

You can use activated carbon in the filter.

 

[Roy 9121]

my water looks murky and the tank is about 2 months old but I don't know how to fix it....I have a aquaclear 50

Two months old, is it completely cycled yet?

 

[brett042001]

Two months old, is it completely cycled yet?

yes

 

[brandon429]

Easy fix for a 95% water change. Just match temp and salinity. I must have done ten thousand of em by now, vids included etc

 

[Roy 9121]

yes

What are your water parameters

 

[brett042001]

What are your water parameters

Every thing is normal and in the green zone

 

[Roy 9121]

What filtration are you using? Do you have a sump? I would say Diesel is changin correct as usual, try a activated carbon bag in the sump.

 

[Diesel]

Now we can also taking about a
bac-bloom here.
If the AC doesn't work just let to be.
The bac-bloom will correct it self.

 

[FishLover01]

I would not do a large water change. Just the normal 10%-20% that you should be doing weekly. Some foods cause cloudiness of the water. Agree with others about running carbon in the filter. Probably will correct itself within a few weeks. Good Luck.

 

[Hans-Werner]

I guess it is a dinoflagellate bloom. If you look into the tank with white light or just with the room light on, does it look brownish? If so it is a bloom of planktonic dinoflagellates. The only thing I know that helps is a UVC water clarifyer.

 

[Diesel]

Every thing is normal and in the green zone

What is normal?
Like to see........
Po4
No3
ALK.
PH
Temp

 

[Diesel]

I guess it is a dinoflagellate bloom. If you look into the tank with white light or just with the room light on, does it look brownish? If so it is a bloom of planktonic dinoflagellates. The only thing I know that helps is a UVC water clarifyer.

No Dinos my friend
This is how Dinoflagellate looks like,

 

[Hans-Werner]

I have a good microscope and I have found dinoflagellates in clouded water. I have contacted a specialist for dinoflagellates on the Senckenberg Institute where I have got my scientific education. She confirmed that it is a dinoflagellate on the photograph. With a dinoflagellate bloom you will find no nutrients left.
What you are showing is a specific benthic dinoflagellate, most probably Prorocentrum lima. It is not a very typical dinoflagellate in being benthic. Most dinoflagellate species have a planktonic mode of living.

 

[Waters]

Based on the length of time the tank has been set up it is probably just a bacterial bloom. You can either wait it out, or hook up a UV unit which will clear it up overnight.

 

[Diesel]

I have a good microscope and I have found dinoflagellates in clouded water. I have contacted a specialist for dinoflagellates on the Senckenberg Institute where I have got my scientific education. She confirmed that it is a dinoflagellate on the photograph. With a dinoflagellate bloom you will find no nutrients left.
What you are showing is a specific benthic dinoflagellate, most probably Prorocentrum lima. It is not a very typical dinoflagellate in being benthic. Most dinoflagellate species have a planktonic mode of living.

Now I will not disagree with you but you can't make a conclusion from a picture without hard concrete evidence due to research of a water sample.
I'm always careful with giving a answer as I can't see the tank with my own eyes, the owner of this system are my eyes and by asking sometimes lengthy question and chiming in from more experienced hobbyist like the #reefsquad then only we can help this hobbyist to determine what it is or in many cases a game plan of treatment.

 

[Hans-Werner]

I had dinoflagellate blooms in the initial phase several times. I also had a bloom of planktonic diatoms once which may look similar. If the cloudy water looks brownish under white light I am quite sure it is a microalgal bloom. Heterotrophic bacteria need an organic carbon source to propagate. Microalgae just need light and they can perpetuate the bloom. An UV water clarifyer will help against both ... and against several fish diseases.

 

[Diesel]

Some what of truth in here but I never ever cured a fish from a decease with the use of a UV.
Than again I'm not a scientist but use common sense for the last 35 years in this hobby.

 

[Hans-Werner]

It is my profession for 30 years now and I have used UV to fight fish disease outbreaks. The UV unit just has to be a little bit stronger and you have to use it early in the outbreak. I used one 36 W UV unit each 1000 l.

 

[Diesel]

It is my profession for 30 years now and I have used UV to fight fish disease outbreaks. The UV unit just has to be a little bit stronger and you have to use it early in the outbreak. I used one 36 W UV unit each 1000 l.

I would be very interested to read your write ups, have any links I can go to?
Oh and if it is in German don't worry, although I have been here 21 years I still speak and read German pretty good.