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Topic: HELP

Posted By: sniper1js
Subject: HELP
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 6:49am

Help I woke up and my tank is white everything was doing good and today I woke up and its white white not clear

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Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:09am

How long has the tank been set up?

Any clams in the tank?

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Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:10am

Anything dead? Cloudy water generally means there is high levels of organics or ammonia in the water. Do a large water change and replace any media bags in your filtration.

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Posted By: Dion Richins
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:15am

If your doseing vodka it also means a bad bacterial bloom!!!

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Posted By: sniper1js
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:16am

Its a new tank I have just never seen it like that. Its a 55 I done 15 gallons out and new filter media ... Anything else .. no clams nothin dead..

Posted By: pgravis
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:19am

Any macro algae that could have gone sexual?

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Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:19am

It may just be a bacterial bloom related to being a newer setup.

Exactly how long has the tank been up?

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- My Current Tank: 50g Starfire Cube Reef

* Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 *

Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:20am

Test your ammonia. New as in just setup and still cycling?

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My ocean.
90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems
PADI Advanced Open Water
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Posted By: sniper1js
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:26am

Week and half . And being new and having the spike what I have done already with the water change and filter media. What else can I do. And how often should I repeat the water change

Posted By: sniper1js
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:26am

No macro in the tank

Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:35am

Off its only a week and a half its just pay off the cycle and you should just leave it and let the bacteria run its cycle. No water changes or media changes until the cycle and then stay changing water and media. I wouldn't run any media during the cycle of it were me.

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My ocean.
90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems
PADI Advanced Open Water
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Posted By: Dion Richins
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:41am

Week and a half shouldnt have much in it.......

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Posted By: sniper1js
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:46am

I checked my filter media cuz I wasnt getting much flow . It was all clogged up with just white stuff. Not slimmy . But I dunno what it was.

Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 8:23am

Again (in english this time. lol), don't run any carbon or other media (filter pad is ok if it's changed daily) during your cycle. It should clear after a couple of days.

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My ocean.
90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems
PADI Advanced Open Water
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Posted By: sniper1js
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 8:29am

K thanks everyone for the help