Cloudy water

Lee price · Mar 31, 2021 7:50:32 am

Hi I'm new to reefing and want some advice Iv just set up my tank and 3 days in still cloudy (greenish) water I washed the sand until water was clear put the dry rock in filled with water purchased from the shop added micro lift special blend run the filter and still cloudy

ajm83 · Mar 31, 2021 9:37:33 am

Quote from: Lee price on Mar 31, 2021 7:50:32 am

Hi I'm new to reefing and want some advice Iv just set up my tank and 3 days in still cloudy (greenish) water I washed the sand until water was clear put the dry rock in filled with water purchased from the shop added micro lift special blend run the filter and still cloudy

Hi Lee, welcome to ReefBase

Could be a bacterial bloom or very fine dust from the sand/rocks.
Have you got any floss in the filtration? I'd say it took probably a month for mine to fully clear and like you I rinsed the sand beforehand.

Lee price · Mar 31, 2021 10:08:49 am

The filter is carbon and zeolite

Lee price · Mar 31, 2021 10:10:19 am

ajm83 · Mar 31, 2021 10:19:46 am

Yeah that is pretty green! Algae bloom most likely then. Again floss will probably help. Maybe can you can pull out the carbon/zerolite block and stuff it full of floss instead?

Assume you're not running the light yet?

Lee price · Mar 31, 2021 10:23:04 am

No light yet hopefully it will settle down

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