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07/12/2014, 06:15 AM
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Location: Groton, Ct
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Both tanks cloudy overnight
Woke up this morning and both the 20g and 155g tanks are cloudy for some reason. Neither are plumbed together. Only one gets kalk. I run ac so its not a heat issue and I did nothing to either tank in the past few days. Any ideas? Could it be a bacterial bloom in 2 seperate systems at the same time? They are in opposite corners of the living room.
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07/12/2014, 07:55 AM
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The Reefer From Downunder
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I think it could be a bacteria bloom, I't might have something to do with the moon phases(sound crazy but it might have something to do with it).
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07/12/2014, 08:57 AM
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Grizzled & Cynical
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Everyone always goes to 'bacterial bloom' but, frankly, I have never had one in 25 years of reefing. Do the tanks have any kind of smell to them; how is the behavior of your skimmer? My tank goes cloudy periodically, but I have determined that it is coral spawning, and typically it clears after an hour or two. Always happens at night.
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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07/12/2014, 11:04 AM
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07/12/2014, 11:06 AM
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So its still cloudy so I made water change batches for both tanks. The only thing I can think of is that I added some of the same sand to both tanks about a week ago but it was dry sand not live.
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07/12/2014, 11:24 AM
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Location: Central NH
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Test your water.
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75 gal, LR w/refugium, 79 deg, PH 8.0, sg 1.025, amm 0/nit 0/nit 0, Calcium 420, dKH 8.3, mag 1300, Phos 0 Current Tank Info: A work in progress... |
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07/12/2014, 03:49 PM
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Location: California
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My bio-cube has gone milk white twice so far this year. Not really sure why other than something in there spawned. I am thinking it was some astrea snails or the rose bubble tips doing something. In both cases I just let the tank ride it out.
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