cloudy water

[docalatamu]

what can I do? I added 5 fish on monday as well as some snails and other small inverts, and now my tank almost looks like milk! I assume it is from a strong bacterial bloom, as nothing has died, but how long before it subsudes?

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: cloudy water

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14648337#post14648337 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by docalatamu
what can I do? I added 5 fish on monday as well as some snails and other small inverts, and now my tank almost looks like milk! I assume it is from a strong bacterial bloom, as nothing has died, but how long before it subsudes?

We could use some more details here:

what size of tank do you have
How much live rock
How long has the tank been established.
Ammonia and nitrate readings
Flow rate
Filtration system

I am not trying to judge here but adding five fish all at once is going to put a strain on any system unless you have a huge tank?

 

[docalatamu]

true, i get that; system is about 240 gallons

fish added were 3 small tangs and 2 small flame angels

live rock is about 200 lbs

tank set up for like a year

lots of flow; 2 vortech mp 40's

ASM G skimmer, fuge

 

[docalatamu]

bump

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14652144#post14652144 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by docalatamu
bump

It still could be the increase in biomass to the tank. Your live rock only contains the level of bacteria that manage the existing bioload. When the bioload is increased then they have to recycle their numbers to match the new load.
I would do a 20 per cent water change and run carbon 24/7--change it out in three days and continue until the situation clears up.

 

[docalatamu]

i will be getting carbon in there this weekend for sure!

 

[faze07hd]

+1 ON THE CARBON

 

[docalatamu]

anyone else?

 

[docalatamu]

up again

 

[da1jewfish]

you got your answers already ^.... that what you need to do, that and give it some time

 

[docalatamu]

but how long until the filtration bacteria catches up you think?

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657165#post14657165 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by docalatamu
but how long until the filtration bacteria catches up you think?

you may have to do 2 or three water changes before it clears up

 

[troyman]

those few fish is not gonna overload a tank enough to cause a bacteria bloom there somthin else could of caused it tank can still be cycling

 

[docalatamu]

but if the tank were still cycling, then the fish would have died already right? and corals are showing no bad signs either, ...