Upgrade, procedure on cloudy water?

[Sipec]

Currently combining my current tank and another tank into a third, new tank
Mixed the water in the tank, woke up this morning to the water being cloudy
Is this a bacterial bloom? What should I do about it, and would it be safe to add fish and coral later today? I would be doing a fifty percent water change of sorts and replace with water from the other tanks

 

[Sipec]

@ReefSquad
Sry about pinging, kinda need an answer sooner than later tho ;-;

 

[t5Nitro]

If its bacterial you can try the 24W green machine UV sterilizer. Cleared up my 75 in a day, crystal clear by 2 days. Although I'm not sure how long these last. Thinking my bulb may have gone out on mine as its partially cloudy again a few months later. If you can wait, then grabbing a UV you can plumb into the tank would be great.

 

[Sipec]

I'd rather solve it another way, if there is one

 

[TriggerFinger]

If there was sand or rock in the tank when you mixed the water then it may be dust that still needs to settle. If it was just rodi and salt then I’m not sure. How much flow is in the tank?

 

[Sipec]

There isn't any sand or rock in the tank yet, flow is a bit weak
If it is a bacterial bloom, which I think it is, it should have stemmed from some of the equipment which either had fresh or dead organics

 

[dreamcatcherr9]

How long has it been? Was it all new water?

 

[Sipec]

It was all new water, fresh rodi mixed in tank
Was clear yesterday, cloudy this morning

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sterilizer will help, but first try ChemiPure Blue which Polishes water greatly while also reducing phos and nitrate in the tank

 

[Big G]

If its bacterial you can try the 24W green machine UV sterilizer. Cleared up my 75 in a day, crystal clear by 2 days. Although I'm not sure how long these last. Thinking my bulb may have gone out on mine as its partially cloudy again a few months later. If you can wait, then grabbing a UV you can plumb into the tank would be great.

This ^^^ exactly.

 

[piranhaman00]

UV baby

 

[Sipec]

I'll look into getting a uv sterilizer, but would it be safe to put fish in today, given a fifty percent water change is done?

 

[piranhaman00]

No, the water is probably very low on dissolved O2.

 

[Sipec]

No, the water is probably very low on dissolved O2.

Thanks
I'll stick an airstone in

 

[adrianr514]

Thanks
I'll stick an airstone in

Air stones don’t add O2 into the water. The bubbles breaking the surface create ripples that allow for gas exchange. If you already have a lot of surface movement there won’t be a difference.

 

[Sipec]

Air stones don’t add O2 into the water. The bubbles breaking the surface create ripples that allow for gas exchange. If you already have a lot of surface movement there won’t be a difference.

The sump doesn't have too much surface movement tho, if I put it in there could it help?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Air stones don’t add O2 into the water. The bubbles breaking the surface create ripples that allow for gas exchange. If you already have a lot of surface movement there won’t be a difference.

Sure they do. That said, there’s no reason I can see to suspect a low oxygen issue at all.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I must be missing something.
Thus is just new salt water? No organisms?

if true, why would people suspect bacteria? No reason to think that.

New salt water often has precipitates of calcium carbonate in it, and if there is no place to settle it may stay cloudy.

if my assumptions were true, just ignore it. It will go away after rock is added and there are places to settle out.

 

[TriggerFinger]

After reading @Randy Holmes-Farley response...what was the water temp when mixing the salt? Did you dump abunch of salt in at once?