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Originally Posted by veriann  i was assuming the rockwork came from the mains, i wouldn't have put my finger on a bacterial bloom dave, theres next to no nutrients to fuel a haze like that & taking into account the total volume is small, i dont know, you could very well be right. I would have prob expected more manual contributing factors that just new set-up. |
Yes, but how much rock? It takes more than a couple
frag plugs and a single tonga branch to "instantly" culture a new system. In a new set up, with new water, minus the nitrifying bacterium, you may have a bloom. I may be wrong as well, but there is certainly enough waste from coral (all you need is carbon dioxide and any nitrogenous element like
ammonia) that would fuel a bacterial bloom. If there weren't enough of the heterotrphic bacteria to kick start the cycle, then BOOM.. cloudy water.
Again, I'd do SMALLISH water changes, and see if you can better oxygenate the water with powerheads causing a surface chop. This should help speed things up. Also keep an eye on your
PH. If it strays, you will not have an optimal playground for the nitrifying bacteria to thrive and do their job.
Finally, if you do treat your
frags with any type of dips or regimens that include any anti-bacterial treatments, you are also wiping out the good bacterium needed to keep a healthy
nitrogen cycle in place.
For what it's worth..most of my pals use a single fish or so in their
frag tanks to help keep the cycle on track.
Again, I may be totally off track..and if your report of parameters all "in limits" is not true (bad tests or something) then it could be calcium precip. If it were though.. I'd assume you'd see some of this precip in the form of snow on the coral plugs, rocks, etc.
Dave
