Bacterial Bloooooom

I use Red Sea Pro and have used salt from the same batch, with no problems. Could this just be a horrible bacteria Bloom and I should wait it out or just get it over with and do a 100% change?
 
If it were me and there is nothing in the tank I would just do the 100% and move on. Not worth the hassle. Also, inspect that live rock for anything dead. Perhaps a smell test would be a "dead" giveaway. Pun intended. ;)
 
When the zoas were in the tank they were all open and happy looking for the most part. that first picture was from when they were in the tank a couple days after it started getting crazy cloudy.
 
Alrighty i am going to change the water out tomorrow. Also should i try to also remove all the water from the sump?
 
Yep. 100%.

But, I would watch carefully what's going on with your water before you put anything back in. Treat it as if it's cycling. Although because the bacteria is on the surface of everything you should be ok.
 
Alright a couple days post 99% water change my problem still persists. It is not as bad but is still definitely cloudy. I was not able to get all of the water out of the tank because there was still some left in the overflow as well as about a inch left in the sump i figured would be fine. I have done water changes in my other aquariums and have not had these adverse effects. Which will cancel out the idea of a bad salt batch. With this being said it is a frag tank so i have about 10lbs of LR in it. Also my skimmer is not working as well as i would like it to. It seems to either not pull anything out or just overflows after a day with clear water.

Also to add i have not dosed the tank with any excess chemicals like alk or anything of that nature that would cause a precipitate?

With that being said what should my next course of action be?? Microbacter 7 to put some good nutrients into my water. Hook up a better skimmer. Add more LR. Or buy a UV sterilizer? I am lost for words with this problem -_-
 
Along with a lot of other opinions we/I figured out the problem. After the water change the water was still getting worse. Led to believe it was bacterial. I picked up a UV and it is now ALOT better after just 2 hours. I am so happy !
 
Ya uv is made for blooms imo. I have one on standby.

It's unfortunate that everyone wasted your time and some money with the whole "do a water change" waste of time line.

Got a bloom (algae or bacteria) run uv and knock it out in 3 days. End of problem.
 
DavidinGA said:
Ya uv is made for blooms imo. I have one on standby.

It's unfortunate that everyone wasted your time and some money with the whole "do a water change" waste of time line.

Got a bloom (algae or bacteria) run uv and knock it out in 3 days. End of problem.
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David, glad you road in on your horse "after" he found the solution. However, if you read the whole thread you likely would have found this statement in the beginning...

CuzzA said:
a UV will sterilize the bacteria and prevent it from continuing to reproduce.
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Something was feeding the bacterial bloom, it doesn't happen for no reason. So, unfortunately the "easy attempt", 100% water change to clear whatever was feeding the bacteria didn't work, that doesn't mean it can't work. With no livestock in the tank and the bacteria in the water column it wasn't a bad recommendation. Had it worked he wouldn't have had to buy a uv. Clearly there is something else in the system fueling the bloom.

Nevertheless, bwalders, I'm glad to hear it's clearing up.
 
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