cloudy tank water?

[Moonstream]

my 75g tank has already gone through a cycle, and now has some major algae issues. my problem is that the water is tinted a light brown color, and I was wondering how I can combat this?

I was thinking maybe some filter feeding inverts (feather dusters came to mind, as did porcelain crabs) and since nitrate and everything else is 0 I think that they should be fine. right now i have in the tank just under 100lbs of rock, 18-20lbs of which is well established.

my current stocklist is
1 percua clown (about 1" long)
8 astrea snails
10 blue leg hermits
several tiny feater dusters which hitchhiked on the rock.

how can I combat the water? the sump has a large octopus skimmer and carbon, and the fuge has 2 small ball of cheato. help?

 

[Moonstream]

super bump!

 

[mbbuna]

how long has the tank been running?

what are you using to make new water (RO/DI, tap)?

what, how much and how often are you feeding?

 

[Moonstream]

how long has the tank been running- about 2 weeks
what are you using to make new water- spring water (which has no undesirable properties)
what, how much and how often do you feed- I have only fed twice, about a half cube of mysis the first time and about 1/4 a cube the second time, that was sometime this weekend (forget actual date)

 

[Ritten]

Moonstream, is it brown tinted or more green colored?

 

[mbbuna]

you have a lot of stuff in the tank for only being set up for two weeks.

i wouldn't use spring water. if you cant get an RO/DI unit or RO/DI water from the fish store then buy distilled water from the market.

 

[weluvfish54]

too soon to add fish or coral.
let it go.
algae bloom is cycle.
just because your levels are 0 doesnt mean its done cycling. give it a few more weeks! patience.

 

[Moonstream]

the water is tnted brown, not green water.

 

[weluvfish54]

ever heard of brown algae? mhm.

 

[Michael]

the tanks been running just 2 weeks, how do you know its cycled, also there is alot in it as mbbuna mentioned for abrand new tank, also where are you getting the spring water from, are you actually collecting it, id consider ro, or better ro-di, and slow down only 2 weeks in your going too fast