Info:
4 months old now
210gal
75gal sump w cheato fuge
Sro3000
180ish lbs marcorock
2in sandbed
7 fish (all small clowns, chromis, goby, coris wrasse - tiny bio load in other words)
Running a very light gfo load for some brown algae concerns that have been around since the tank finished its cycle. I have a two little fishes 150 reactor that is only about 1/4 full of gfo.
I added 2.5 cups of carbon in a media bag to my sump on Tuesday to try to help with the cloudy water and it has only very slightly helped.
1.024 salinity
80f
pH 7.8-8.0 (seems low all of sudden)
Cal 430
Alk 9.2
Mag 1600 (why?!)
Last weekend I did a 40gal water changed and used reef crystals (1st time using it; previously I have always used IO salt). The water has been cloudy ever since... On Monday I added 16oz of brs 2 part cal (tested 350 before and 430 after). So unfortunately I don't know which is to blame for the cloudy water.
I had previously used kalkwasser in the top off to up my poor cal levels from having used IO salt but it never could significantly raise my cal.
Prior to doing the Reef crystals water change my skimmate has always been a thick nasty brown color, but now the wet skim is super bright green instead of brown...? Algae bloom or something happening? I might also add I have never had any type of green algae ever in this tank (aside from the cheato which is green I guess); its just been diatoms and what I think is Dino.
Aside from the cloudy water and green skimmate nothing else seems different in the tank visually (no increase in any algae or anything like that).
Thoughts on what is going on here....
Thanks
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4 months old now
210gal
75gal sump w cheato fuge
Sro3000
180ish lbs marcorock
2in sandbed
7 fish (all small clowns, chromis, goby, coris wrasse - tiny bio load in other words)
Running a very light gfo load for some brown algae concerns that have been around since the tank finished its cycle. I have a two little fishes 150 reactor that is only about 1/4 full of gfo.
I added 2.5 cups of carbon in a media bag to my sump on Tuesday to try to help with the cloudy water and it has only very slightly helped.
1.024 salinity
80f
pH 7.8-8.0 (seems low all of sudden)
Cal 430
Alk 9.2
Mag 1600 (why?!)
Last weekend I did a 40gal water changed and used reef crystals (1st time using it; previously I have always used IO salt). The water has been cloudy ever since... On Monday I added 16oz of brs 2 part cal (tested 350 before and 430 after). So unfortunately I don't know which is to blame for the cloudy water.
I had previously used kalkwasser in the top off to up my poor cal levels from having used IO salt but it never could significantly raise my cal.
Prior to doing the Reef crystals water change my skimmate has always been a thick nasty brown color, but now the wet skim is super bright green instead of brown...? Algae bloom or something happening? I might also add I have never had any type of green algae ever in this tank (aside from the cheato which is green I guess); its just been diatoms and what I think is Dino.
Aside from the cloudy water and green skimmate nothing else seems different in the tank visually (no increase in any algae or anything like that).
Thoughts on what is going on here....
Thanks
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