Cloudy water help

[da2145r]

My water looking cloudy for a few days now I see alot of little white stuff in my tank its a 75 gal tank with live rock and dry rock and dry sand has 3 tangs 4 clowns 4 chromis 2 firefish a dotty back a wrasse and a angel mg parameters are nitrate 0 nitrite 0 ph 8.1 ammonia .25 also got some corals and cleanup crew the cloudiness isnt affecting fish or coral but its making everything look ugly pls help.

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[Rad24]

It's probably going through a bacterial bloom. Mine was cloudy for 2 days and cleared up just recently. Do you run a skimmer, or some media bags such as carbon, purigen etc?

 

[da2145r]

i run a tunze 9002 skimmer and a chemipure bag

 

[KathyC]

Can we get a pic please?


Please describe the 'little white stuff' more..is it in the water column , floating on top of the water?
Any corals that could have melted, an anemones missing? Any missing fish?


How old is the tank?


Do you have a bristle-worm population in there?


Just prior to the water becoming cloudy, did you do a water change or dose anything?

 

[da2145r]

its not letting me post pics tank is a few months old and doubt the bristlworm population and yes i did a water change i can email a pic if anything or if anyone knows a way that will let me post pics lemme kno

 

[da2145r]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/113362092@N02/11744390386/ here is a pic i just took

 

[Tonyscoots84]

how long has this tank been setup for?

 

[FocusReefing]

Isnt that skimmer alitttle small for that tank?

 

[da2145r]

since begining of october

 

[da2145r]

the skimmer is temporary

 

[da2145r]

what are ur suggestions should i do a water change?
if so how much?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

what is your water change size and schedule?

 

[da2145r]

20% a week

 

[Tonyscoots84]

im gonna have to call you out on that.... if i did a 20% water change with rodi water on a 75 gallon my tank would never get cloudy like that. You have to many tangs in that size tank. need to rethink your reefing. Also start caring for your reef and get a skimmer adequate for your tank

 

[da2145r]

i do care for it and haven't been using ro water for past two water changes something going on with my rodi unit could that be the cause of it i been using the filtered fridge water?

 

[KathyC]

i do care for it and haven't been using ro water for past two water changes something going on with my rodi unit could that be the cause of it i been using the filtered fridge water?

The tank is pretty - so let's get you pointed in the right direction
That is not a good idea to use filtered fridge water!
No more water changes with that filtered water please!




Are you fish currently eating & acting & breathing normal?
If so..don't do anything drastic with the tank..


Let's start here:
What is wrong with your rodi?


..and I have to ask this..are those rocks well attached to each other & not just balanced on each other?

 

[da2145r]

Yes fish are breathing swimming and eating fine and rocks aee well attached dont want any accidents in my tank lol

 

[KathyC]

Yes fish are breathing swimming and eating fine and rocks aee well attached dont want any accidents in my tank lol

great - that is all good then..
So what's up with the rodi? Did you have it working fine & then something happened? What?

 

[da2145r]

I gotta change the media in it waiting for the media to come

 

[prattreef]

Looks like a bacterial bloom to me and if so, it should clear on its own pretty quickly. 3 areas of concern that may or may not be related are the skimmer size, the RO/DI situation and that 3 tangs will end up being too many for that size tank. You seem to be aware of these issues so I'd say pending further problems you are in good shape. Just remember slow and steady are the keys to success in the reefing game.