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Topic: White Cloudy Water

Posted By: Ackbar
Subject: White Cloudy Water
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 9:17am

So, being new to this hobby it appears I have been over feeding the tank. From what I have read I have a bit of an alge bloom going on. (the water is slightly milky / cloudy white). How do you deal with this when it starts happening? Feed the tank less is a definite but what other precautions / things can I do to help the tank along? Id rather not snow ball this into a tank crash.

Thanks!

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Posted By: SkylerS
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 1:10pm

Go to your LFS and buy bio clarify. I've used it in white water situations with success. It grabs the free floating bacteria and repositions them o to the rocks and filtration system. With white water oxygenation if the water is important as the free floating bacteria consumes a lot of oxygen. If you run a skimmer you should be fine. Water changes will do no good here as free floating bacteria will reproduce faster than you can change the water. Good luck.

Posted By: Ackbar
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 5:17pm

Thanks! yeah, kinda my own fault but hey its all part of the learning process.

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Posted By: Ackbar
Date Posted: May 01 2012 at 6:55pm

Man, I hate that I'm asking this question. Does anyone have a good reference for the difference between Coralline and Cyno. I checked out the link Mark has for different types but I'm still having trouble identifying between them

Reference:

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Posted By: Christianwaisath
Date Posted: May 01 2012 at 7:16pm

Coraline is hard to the touch.. Usually starts off green if I'm not mistaken. Than turns to a red or pink or purple. I'm my experience cyano is a stringy like deep red plague.. You won't get coraline on your sand. Also just personal experience. But the cyano will pop up over night not the case with coraline

Posted By: Ackbar
Date Posted: May 01 2012 at 7:38pm

Thanks Christian! also thank you skyler that bio clear is helping little by little. Im fairly sure its actually coralline! *whew* I was unable to scrape it off the rocks in the tank and it was not stringy etc.

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