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Old 02-13-2006, 08:16 AM   #1
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Cloudy Water


I am in week 6 of the new tank cycle and I am covered up with brown diatoms on the rock and sand base. I noticed this morning that the water has become cloudy. I was told by many here that the diatoms are a normal progression in the cycle and that these should subside in a week or two. After the diatoms were gone I was told to then do my first water change and check params. Is the cloudy water also a normal part of the cycle or something else I should address?

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Old 02-13-2006, 08:30 AM   #2
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You should probably check your parameters now, you are probably very close to being ready for fish/coral. I would get a clean up crew now to help with the diatoms.
The cloudy water, i don't know, maybe an ammonia spike?
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Old 02-13-2006, 09:17 AM   #3
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I just check params and they are as follows:

SG 1.023
Temp 79
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 50
Nitrites 2.0
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Old 02-13-2006, 10:14 AM   #4
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what kind of filtration are you runnin? cloudy water usually means a bacterial bloom. your nitrates are a little high for not having anything in the tank.

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Old 02-13-2006, 10:41 AM   #5
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Geoff,
I have about 80# Base Rock, 60# Live Sand and Protein Skimmer for a 60g tank.
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Old 02-13-2006, 10:51 AM   #6
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The tank is not ready for population by acquisitions while there are any nitrites in the water column.

Cloudy water is usually an indication of some untoward responses in the water column, and can be the result of several causes; bacterial bloom, suspended materials from vacuuming or siphoning the rock, manipulations of calcareous sand bed materials, early indication of a phytoplankton bloom, microbubbles from the skimmer, a leak in the intake plumbing for the sump return or low water in the sump, auto top off pump when reservoir is low, extremely high pH, or exceeding the supersaturation point of the water column in reference to Ca and alk concentrations. In your Water Column Parameters (WCP's), you did not mention how long your photoperiod is, what your pH range is during the day (a single value is of little value, your tank changes during the day, we need to know the value and a time for lights on, mid morning, mid afternoon, and lights off), what type of lighting and intensity, values for calcium and alkalinity, your feeding protocol at this point if any, your calcium and alk replacement protocol and methodology if any, and the setup for your biological filtration.

To adequately address such a broad range of potential causes for cloudy water, we'll need this info, plus maybe a few other questions answered to give you a good answer. Otherwise, we'll all be speculating at a few potential causes that MIGHT be the potential answers to your question.


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