somethings very odd????? help please

[oryansreef]

i just got home to a tank that looks like I've added purple up its white and a all the brown algae is turning whiteish chalky look to it. i will try to put up some pics if i can.

 

[bhodges82]

Carbon dosing? Sugar, vinegar,vodka?

 

[bhodges82]

Perhaps you added too much calcium in one day?

 

[oryansreef]

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looks like something happened today, what could cause ph to go way up and orp go way down for just a bit?

 

[bhodges82]

Might want to test alk and ca, do you have a dosing pump? The cloudiness could just be precipitation

 

[oryansreef]

i run a carbon reactor and changed the media out monday. i don't hand dose cal but use the DOS and if anything it would clog and dose too little

 

[oryansreef]

but why turn the brown algae white? like all of it?can't get a good pic of it

 

[bhodges82]

I’ve only personally seen clouds from too much calcium or too much carbon source causing a bacteria bloom

 

[oryansreef]

something happened and my apex turned on the alk pump and dumped a bunch of alk what should i do?

 

[danh]

How high is it? Might be ok just to wait for it to come down. I've had alk at like 12 and I just let it come down.



Your high ph indicated something like that. Do you have an alarm on your ph getting that high?

 

[bcavalli]

Depending on the increase you may want to do a quick water change to bring it down a bit.  If its not a huge increase let it drop naturally.  More than likely you may see a little stning. But, the coral will recover if you can stabilize your system.

What alk level are you running on a normal day?  Your ph seems to be high before the dose.

 

[oryansreef]

Not sure on alk level till tonight. I did do a small wc last night. Will test tonight when I get home

 

[bcavalli]

Let us know.  

 

[sewer urchin]

Been there and done that...... not fun. Still have a couple of 5 gallon buckets of coral skeletons that I'm too sad to dump. A gallon of Randy's 2 part Alk solution in a 120 is kinda nasty.



Brett is right try multiple small water changes until the Alk is back to normal ranges..... sudden changes are discouraged. Also, try using a turkey baster to keep the precipitate off the corals, maybe even siphoning through a filter sock into the sump. Also, if you have a sand bed make sure it does cement up, if I remember right it's worse in a deeper sand bed. Just clean it like  you usually do. I wish you good luck and keep us posted.

 

[oryansreef]

update... sorry have been super busy. not the best time to have this happen lol. i don't know how much alk got dumped but it was 300ml-600ml. i think my alk was a little low to start with so nothing too bad (a huge scare everything has been good for a while prior to).

 

[bhodges82]

Things happen when we get comfortable, always at the worst time. I love this hobby 🤪

 

[sewer urchin]

Good news..... glad to see an outcome like this

 

[wildernets]

Glad it all worked out. Most times you cannot go wrong with starting with a good water change. Then try to figure it out.