Cloudy tank, can't figure it out.

[Thopper196]

New to the forums here, hopefully posted this in the correct spot.

I've had my brackish (cycled) tank up wish a green spotted puffer. It was low end brackish water, about 1.006. I slowly moved the water's salinity up but I did it wrong by putting salt into the bucket, then the water. I never let it mix up for long, just mixed it with a spoon and put it in. So the water started a little foggy when I cycled at 1.006 originally but went way more clear than my freshwater tank, but as soon as I started mixing and raising salinity it got so bad I couldn't see through it; so I bought a skimmer and it cleaned out most of it while I blew the white stuff off the rock. It's been like this for a few weeks, what is it and how do I fix it? I read up all about calcium precipitation and bacteria but I'm not sure.

 

[Clowning_Around]

You should mix outside of your tank going forward. Note of its just salt mix issue increase your flow, drop a powerhead or submersible tank in your display tank. If not it naybr water polishing thats needed. Using floss and carbon will help

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[Thopper196]

I guess I should mention, I've got two filters with carbon in my bio wheel with the wheel removed. Also I have a nano koralia, and an aquac remora skimmer. I've also done two or three water changes since by mixing in seperate buckets with power heads and it's stayed relatively the same.

 

[ahuaia]

I concur with clowning around but I would emphasize the carbon. I think it will do better with the cloudiness since it's probably small particulates making the water cloudy in carbon will help more with that then floss.

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[Thopper196]

So it's a calcium precipitation issue and I should just try to filter it out basically?