Woke up with cloudy water

[DraggingTail]

Anything I can do to clear this up?

Tank going on 8 weeks old
Had diatom bloom and it subsided.
Currently dealing with green algae daily.

Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 20
Temp 76.6
PH 8.2
Salinity 1.026

Just added 2 clowns yesterday

6 trochus
1 conch
6ish hermits
1 Chromis
12 zebra snail

Fluval 303 cannister filter with porcelain tubes, seachem matrix, carbon and seachem purigen

Been dosing Kent Purple matrix and cleaning glass daily.

Is this just part of the process?

 

[DraggingTail]

Oh and I am running a Radium 20000 K 400 MH at 50% power. The 50% keeps my temp swing under 2 degrees. That is a recent change along with adding clowns.

 

[DraggingTail]

Here is a pic. I know you like pics.

 

[cgdcinc]

You can put some filter floss in one of your canister trays (I put mine in the first one at the bottom) and that should help clear it up.
I would guess it’s just a bacterial bloom being that the tank is new. Usually clears up in a day or two. New tanks go through these things in the beginning.
Your rock scape is cool!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Typical algae bloom for a young tank. Green =algae.

Could reduce lighting schedule a little. Point your powerhead towards the water surface to increase 02.

What's your P04 at?

 

[lion king]

As @Flippers4pups stated, a common affliction on a new tank. PO4 may be an issue to address, but if you are interested in a quick visual clean up, try uv sterilizer. A uv sterilizer will literally clear the water overnight.

 

[DraggingTail]

Typical algae bloom for a young tank. Green =algae.

Could reduce lighting schedule a little. Point your powerhead towards the water surface to increase 02.

What's your P04 at?

I pointed my power head up.

I changed my light schedule from 10 to 8 hours.

And I have a Phosphate kit on the way.

 

[DraggingTail]

This cloudiness started with dosing Kent Purple Tech each night. I notice on the bottle it says it promotes green calcareous and corraline. This green stuff in pic does not brush off. Could cloudiness be related to a good thing?

 

[DraggingTail]

Water has cleared up a little after MH went off and I pointed my power head higher.

 

[lion king]

Yes that's likely what it is, still doesn't hurt to monitor your PO4, your nitrates look good. Just be careful with these dosing compounds, I think this one is just trace elements, but if you can't test for it, be careful. Some additives will add phosphates and too much of a good thing can also be a bad thing.

 

[DraggingTail]

Yes that's likely what it is, still doesn't hurt to monitor your PO4, your nitrates look good. Just be careful with these dosing compounds, I think this one is just trace elements, but if you can't test for it, be careful. Some additives will add phosphates and too much of a good thing can also be a bad thing.

I have a reef test kit coming now. Not sure how to test for strontium or magnesium.

"KENT MARINE PURPLE TECH stimulates the growth of purple coralline and green calcareous macro-algae. Provides specific concentrations of calcium, magnesium, strontium, trace minerals and carbonates required by coralline algae and stony corals."

 

[lion king]

I have a reef test kit coming now. Not sure how to test for strontium or magnesium.

"KENT MARINE PURPLE TECH stimulates the growth of purple coralline and green calcareous macro-algae. Provides specific concentrations of calcium, magnesium, strontium, trace minerals and carbonates required by coralline algae and stony corals."

Mg test kits are available and reliable, if you are keeping a reef it;s good to test for ca, mg. and alk regularly. Strontium test kits are available, I find them tedious and unreliable. For myself I rely a good quality salt mix and regular water changes to maintain my trace elements. I personally no longer dose anything I can't or don't test for; I dose and test my reef parameters for ca, alk, and mg. Once established you'll find testing for nitrates or PO4 will be on demand, as if you are having an issue; as long as you are keeping a clean well maintained system.

 

[DraggingTail]

Mg test kits are available and reliable, if you are keeping a reef it;s good to test for ca, mg. and alk regularly. Strontium test kits are available, I find them tedious and unreliable. For myself I rely a good quality salt mix and regular water changes to maintain my trace elements. I personally no longer dose anything I can't or don't test for; I dose and test my reef parameters for ca, alk, and mg. Once established you'll find testing for nitrates or PO4 will be on demand, as if you are having an issue; as long as you are keeping a clean well maintained system.

Thanks @lion king

 

[BedrockIOMC]

How much and how often are you feeding? And do you have good return with your filter pump? you need at least 7x your tanks size return with your pump.

 

[DraggingTail]

How much and how often are you feeding? And do you have good return with your filter pump? you need at least 7x your tanks size return with your pump.

I am not sure what the Fluval 303 is rated for. I think 75

 

[DraggingTail]

As a note to others, I added a phosphate filter and got rid of the green algae and then ended up with Dino's.
Now, I would rather have the green algae back.

 

[DraggingTail]

I have been over feeding to create a nutrient load. My phosphates are back up and my tank cleared up with the Phosphate

 

[DraggingTail]

Clear water