Cloudy water problem, need help - Page 2

Dkuhlmann · 09/18/2015, 01:28 PM

You water is too clean and you're starving your corals, you need some nitrates say 5 ish. Stop running your skimmer for a while and see if the nitrates don't come up also feed your fish heavy and a couple times a day until they do come up

Auston · 09/18/2015, 03:01 PM

I would suggest some hard core manual nutrient export and cut feeding in half. My thinking is that your tests are reading "0" because the nutrients in your tank are very quickly being used my all the algae and bacteria. If it were me I'd vigorously blast the rocks 3 or more times a day and clean all filtration equipment every two days. Then I'd buy an RODI unit and salt mix and start making the salt water yourself. You need to know that your source water is perfect. If you don't know the status of your source water then no matter how or when you solve the problem it will just keep coming back. For all you know you could have solved the problem 3-4 times already, then you do a WC and its back to the drawing board.

Auston · 09/18/2015, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

You water is too clean and you're starving your corals, you need some nitrates say 5 ish. Stop running your skimmer for a while and see if the nitrates don't come up also feed your fish heavy and a couple times a day until they do come up

I don't think it's too clean I think it's locked up. Just by how sludgy everything looks in the photos. My opinion of course. Also i thought I read he does not run a skimmer?

Auston · 09/18/2015, 03:08 PM

Sorry he has a skimmer*

Dkuhlmann · 09/18/2015, 03:24 PM

And he's showing all 0's he is too clean. For whatever reason the cloudy is probably an algae bloom or it could be something from his salt, who knows. But what I do know is that his test results if correct is too clean for corals.

Jdavis8824 · 09/19/2015, 05:54 AM

I run way more rowa and purigen that is suggested. I had a phosphate problem from over feeding because of a mandarin I had and the phosphates went up too .38.

Jdavis8824 · 09/19/2015, 06:01 AM

I do make my own fish food and dose Red Sea energy AB once a week. The diy fish food has a lot of small particles and feeds the corals. Should I reduce the rowa in the reactor?

Jdavis8824 · 09/19/2015, 06:12 AM

And I am going to get a radion xr15 late November from my wife. So maybe that will help to, currently have a ocean revive led. I will get a TDS meter soon to check my water from the LFS. But between getting the radion and I also need a new stand and am planing to replace the rocks and re-aquascape, all of that is gonna cost almost a grand so I have to hold off on the rodi system til after that. But it is next on my list after those.

09/18/2015, 01:28 PM	#26
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	You water is too clean and you're starving your corals, you need some nitrates say 5 ish. Stop running your skimmer for a while and see if the nitrates don't come up also feed your fish heavy and a couple times a day until they do come up __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

09/18/2015, 03:24 PM	#30
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	And he's showing all 0's he is too clean. For whatever reason the cloudy is probably an algae bloom or it could be something from his salt, who knows. But what I do know is that his test results if correct is too clean for corals. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

09/18/2015, 03:01 PM	#27
Auston Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Ontario Posts: 338	I would suggest some hard core manual nutrient export and cut feeding in half. My thinking is that your tests are reading "0" because the nutrients in your tank are very quickly being used my all the algae and bacteria. If it were me I'd vigorously blast the rocks 3 or more times a day and clean all filtration equipment every two days. Then I'd buy an RODI unit and salt mix and start making the salt water yourself. You need to know that your source water is perfect. If you don't know the status of your source water then no matter how or when you solve the problem it will just keep coming back. For all you know you could have solved the problem 3-4 times already, then you do a WC and its back to the drawing board.

09/18/2015, 03:08 PM	#29
Auston Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Ontario Posts: 338	Sorry he has a skimmer*

09/19/2015, 05:54 AM	#31
Jdavis8824 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 371	I run way more rowa and purigen that is suggested. I had a phosphate problem from over feeding because of a mandarin I had and the phosphates went up too .38.

09/19/2015, 06:01 AM	#32
Jdavis8824 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 371	I do make my own fish food and dose Red Sea energy AB once a week. The diy fish food has a lot of small particles and feeds the corals. Should I reduce the rowa in the reactor?

09/19/2015, 06:12 AM	#33
Jdavis8824 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 371	And I am going to get a radion xr15 late November from my wife. So maybe that will help to, currently have a ocean revive led. I will get a TDS meter soon to check my water from the LFS. But between getting the radion and I also need a new stand and am planing to replace the rocks and re-aquascape, all of that is gonna cost almost a grand so I have to hold off on the rodi system til after that. But it is next on my list after those.