cloudy tank = flooded floor

jimbo78 · 12/02/2007, 04:59 PM

so i woke up this morning to a flooded floor. not sure why but my tank got really cloudy and caused my skimmer to go crazy. my skimmer cup has a overflow tube that drains into a 2 liter bottle. the bottle was full and probably another 2-3 gallons was on the floor.

anyone know what could have caused this?

temp 81.4
salinity 1023.
ph 8.0
trite 0
trate <20
phos 0
cal 400
kh 143 ppm

i assume the salinity droped from 1.025 because of the ATO was pumping in fresh water while the skimmer was dumping salt water
there was a litte drop in ph about .2, and nitrates went up from
5 to about 20 (looks to be a little less).

why did the water get cloudy?

thanks for the help
jim

jamiep · 12/02/2007, 05:03 PM

Have you got a pic of your cloudy tank? Could be a bacteria bloom. What have you been feeding? Did you give your live rocks a bit of a blast recently?

cpl40475 · 12/02/2007, 05:08 PM

what type skimmer also. Someone might be able to chime in what causes them to go haywire

usmc121581 · 12/02/2007, 05:17 PM

Alot of things make askimmer go crazy. From just putting your hand in the tank to feeding.

MalHavoc · 12/02/2007, 05:23 PM

If I had to guess, I'd say you had some caulerpa macroalgae and it went sexual on you, causing your skimmer to overflow.

jimbo78 · 12/02/2007, 05:38 PM

didn't blast the rocks lately. have fed in anything in four day( only have a CUC , and 2 shrimp)
the skimmer is a pro clear aquatics.
not sure what caulerpa looks like, but there is some green algae growing on a couple of the rocks.
if it is caulerpa going sexual, is there anyway to remove it? or something that eats it?
the tank has been running a about 6 weeks and is going through a little diatom outbreak also.

jimbo78 · 12/02/2007, 05:50 PM

its not caulerpa there is some maiden hair algae and also some byropsis

MalHavoc · 12/02/2007, 05:51 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa_taxifolia

m2434 · 12/02/2007, 05:52 PM

Bacterial bloom? What supplements are you adding? Are you dosing sugar or vodka by any chance?

jimbo78 · 12/02/2007, 06:04 PM

what would cause a bactreial bloom? the only thing i added is calcium.

jimbo78 · 12/02/2007, 06:53 PM

btt

jimbo78 · 12/02/2007, 07:20 PM

what could cause a bacterial bloom??

12/02/2007, 04:59 PM	#1
jimbo78 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami Posts: 3,099	cloudy tank = flooded floor so i woke up this morning to a flooded floor. not sure why but my tank got really cloudy and caused my skimmer to go crazy. my skimmer cup has a overflow tube that drains into a 2 liter bottle. the bottle was full and probably another 2-3 gallons was on the floor. anyone know what could have caused this? temp 81.4 salinity 1023. ph 8.0 trite 0 trate <20 phos 0 cal 400 kh 143 ppm i assume the salinity droped from 1.025 because of the ATO was pumping in fresh water while the skimmer was dumping salt water there was a litte drop in ph about .2, and nitrates went up from 5 to about 20 (looks to be a little less). why did the water get cloudy? thanks for the help jim __________________ Dive with sharks? Doesn't everyone. Current Tank Info: 60 cube

12/02/2007, 05:08 PM	#3
cpl40475 Just hanging out Join Date: May 2007 Location: ky Posts: 786	what type skimmer also. Someone might be able to chime in what causes them to go haywire __________________ Im just a redneck in a city slickers lifestyle Current Tank Info: WORKING ON IT

12/02/2007, 05:17 PM	#4
usmc121581 Where am I? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Abingdon, maryland Posts: 1,671 Blog Entries: 1	Alot of things make askimmer go crazy. From just putting your hand in the tank to feeding. __________________ I prefer not to think before I speak, I like to be just as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth. Current Tank Info: I have a 180 gal mostly LPS corals, it contains 1 Val. Tang, 1 yellow striped clown fish, 3 percula clownfish, a blood shrimp, cleaner shrimp and a sand shifting goby, 5 pajama cardinals, 1 green chromis. Also a 75 gal. sump/fug.

12/02/2007, 05:23 PM	#5
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	If I had to guess, I'd say you had some caulerpa macroalgae and it went sexual on you, causing your skimmer to overflow. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

12/02/2007, 05:38 PM	#6
jimbo78 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami Posts: 3,099	didn't blast the rocks lately. have fed in anything in four day( only have a CUC , and 2 shrimp) the skimmer is a pro clear aquatics. not sure what caulerpa looks like, but there is some green algae growing on a couple of the rocks. if it is caulerpa going sexual, is there anyway to remove it? or something that eats it? the tank has been running a about 6 weeks and is going through a little diatom outbreak also. __________________ Dive with sharks? Doesn't everyone. Current Tank Info: 60 cube

12/02/2007, 05:03 PM	#2
jamiep Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 458	Have you got a pic of your cloudy tank? Could be a bacteria bloom. What have you been feeding? Did you give your live rocks a bit of a blast recently?

12/02/2007, 05:50 PM	#7
jimbo78 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami Posts: 3,099	its not caulerpa there is some maiden hair algae and also some byropsis __________________ Dive with sharks? Doesn't everyone. Current Tank Info: 60 cube

12/02/2007, 05:51 PM	#8
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa_taxifolia __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

12/02/2007, 05:52 PM	#9
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	Bacterial bloom? What supplements are you adding? Are you dosing sugar or vodka by any chance?

12/02/2007, 06:04 PM	#10
jimbo78 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami Posts: 3,099	what would cause a bactreial bloom? the only thing i added is calcium. __________________ Dive with sharks? Doesn't everyone. Current Tank Info: 60 cube

12/02/2007, 06:53 PM	#11
jimbo78 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami Posts: 3,099	btt __________________ Dive with sharks? Doesn't everyone. Current Tank Info: 60 cube

12/02/2007, 07:20 PM	#12
jimbo78 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami Posts: 3,099	what could cause a bacterial bloom?? __________________ Dive with sharks? Doesn't everyone. Current Tank Info: 60 cube