cloudy water! dang!

DylanE · 08/22/2006, 01:18 AM

so about a week ago i added my cleaner crew, 10 blue hermits, 10 narsissis (spelling?) snails, and a brittle starfish. since i added them my water has been pretty cloudy... any idea why and what to do?

mleinart · 08/22/2006, 04:23 AM

Any other changes? What's your setup?

somethingphishy · 08/22/2006, 08:01 AM

spawning snails? but probally not......in a 24g tanks things can change quickly and water quality suffers as you should know.

t5Nitro · 08/22/2006, 08:05 AM

Agree with that, smaller the tank the faster things change. Not sure maybe the clean up crew is kicking up sand? doubt it though.

GROSSR · 08/22/2006, 09:21 AM

How cloudy? Can you see to the back of the tank? When my snails spawned it was a milky color and I could see the back of the tank.

When my sand bed crashed I could see my hand in the tank unless it was on the glass.

rich

DylanE · 08/22/2006, 11:09 AM

its pretty cloudy, but yeah i can see the back. thats the only change ive made.

CapnKick · 08/22/2006, 11:15 AM

Can you see puffs of milky white coming from the snails?

If not I wonder if it has to do with your calcium levels. I'm no chemist, but you may want to check in the chemistry forum to see if your calcium is falling out of solution. Have you been adding kalk? What are your pH/alkalinity/Calcium levels?

DylanE · 08/22/2006, 03:08 PM

my ph is 8.1 my alk is 8.5 but i dont have a calcium test

08/22/2006, 01:18 AM	#1
DylanE Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sacramento Posts: 379	cloudy water! dang! so about a week ago i added my cleaner crew, 10 blue hermits, 10 narsissis (spelling?) snails, and a brittle starfish. since i added them my water has been pretty cloudy... any idea why and what to do?

08/22/2006, 08:01 AM	#3
somethingphishy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fleetwood, pa Posts: 852	spawning snails? but probally not......in a 24g tanks things can change quickly and water quality suffers as you should know. __________________ "Set the gearshift for the high gear Of your soul, you've got to run like An antelope out of control!" Current Tank Info: 50g/20l sump

08/22/2006, 08:05 AM	#4
t5Nitro Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,384	Agree with that, smaller the tank the faster things change. Not sure maybe the clean up crew is kicking up sand? doubt it though. __________________ ATI T5 club Current Tank Info: Left the hobby, looking to re-enter in the future

08/22/2006, 11:15 AM	#7
CapnKick Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 189	Can you see puffs of milky white coming from the snails? If not I wonder if it has to do with your calcium levels. I'm no chemist, but you may want to check in the chemistry forum to see if your calcium is falling out of solution. Have you been adding kalk? What are your pH/alkalinity/Calcium levels? __________________ Curator of the North Point Marine Aquarium & Bar Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 29G sump/refugium, 2x250W DE MH, 4x110W VHO, AquaC EV180

08/22/2006, 04:23 AM	#2
mleinart Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 57	Any other changes? What's your setup?

08/22/2006, 09:21 AM	#5
GROSSR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Aberdeen NJ Posts: 1,853	How cloudy? Can you see to the back of the tank? When my snails spawned it was a milky color and I could see the back of the tank. When my sand bed crashed I could see my hand in the tank unless it was on the glass. rich

08/22/2006, 11:09 AM	#6
DylanE Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sacramento Posts: 379	its pretty cloudy, but yeah i can see the back. thats the only change ive made.

08/22/2006, 03:08 PM	#8
DylanE Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sacramento Posts: 379	my ph is 8.1 my alk is 8.5 but i dont have a calcium test