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Slight milky water

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kuza
, 04-17-2013 at 11:57 PM (2082 Views)
Hi! to all i had an 37g reef tank (24x24x15) and a 15g with 3 chamber sump with micro algae, 1inc. sand, 1 LR and a skimmer. its been running for about 3 months and 9 days now, i have 7 zoas, 2 blasto, 1 micromussa and 1 brain coral and no fish yet. tested my parameters and all are ok but my water looks like slight milky what is the cause of this? i alredy do water change 10% last week 3x and 50% yesterday and this morning 5% still the same. this the first time ive encounter this problem.
FTS & Sump
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This my 2 & a half yr. old 20g reef tank last year before the tragic moment happen.
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Updated 04-18-2013 at 12:37 AM by kuza

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  1. melev's Avatar
    Slightly milky... bacteria bloom? What are you dosing, adding, dripping, etc? I see the skimmer, but what else do you use for filtration? Carbon? Biopellets? GFO?

    Your 20g was beautiful.
  2. kuza's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    Slightly milky... bacteria bloom? What are you dosing, adding, dripping, etc? I see the skimmer, but what else do you use for filtration? Carbon? Biopellets? GFO?

    Your 20g was beautiful.
    This are the result and i test it again this morning and its same at it was yesterday.
    Salinity Level: 1.025
    Temp: 28C
    pH: 8.2
    Calcium Level: 450
    Alkalinity: 7 dKH
    Potassium: 430
    Ammonia: 0
    Nitrite Levels: 0
    Nitrate Levels: <0.2
    Phosphate: <0.00
    Im running skimmer, sponge to block all the debris. when i notice my tank last 3weeks its a bit milky so i decided to add some carbon to and its been a week now and still no result.
    Do you think my sand bead is causing all this milky water im using crush coral 1 inch size. and they are full of brown algae and a little of them have hair algae.
  3. melev's Avatar
    I'm not sure what you are seeing. Change the carbon, and only use 1/2 cup per 50g of water, well-rinsed.