I am not sure about that white hue in the water. The water seems a little cloudy, but I cannot tell if it is the water or the glass. The tank was old and in bad shape when i got it. It was from a LFS and it had corals in it at the old store.
I put carbon in there to see if it would clear, and 24 hours later no change. I did a 20% changeout tonight to see if that would help out, and it looks a bit clearer. Also could be due to the live rock I added.
Frag Tank
Well after much debate about the cloudiness of the water in my frag tank (see this thread) I decided to empty and refill the tank. I think I got excited and rushed the project.
In other news...
My anemone has been moving all over the place. A couple nights ago I noticed he got several tentacles sucked into the intake of my powerhead. I pulled the screen loose and he wah much happier. He seems no worse for the wear. I wishe he would figure out where he wants to be!
We were messing with the tank one time and had set a powerhead in there.... let's just say there we lots of little green bubble bits who were all walking the walk and talking the talk a month later. Had to get rid of them.
Frag tank seems to be staying clear this time. I ended up moving all of my LR to the main frag tanks and out of the sump. I know this will take up some real estate in the main tank, but I think the coraline growth will be beneficial to the export.
A need to determine what a good fish would be to put in this frag tank. Anyone have any suggestions?
Not that you NEED to add a fish here, but if you must: perhaps a small tang to keep algae down (Chevron, Purple, etc.) but it will eventually out grow this tank. A six-line wrasse might be a good choice, but he will decimate any pod population you may have, but they are such cool fish.
My frag tank is coming along OK. I think some of the cloudiness may have been caused to micro bubbles. I have restricted the line from the overflow to the sump a bit with a valve, that gave a bit of back pressure to the system and allowed the overflow level to rise above the bulkhead, thus not allowing air in. I didn't think this was the issue, but it does seem to have cleared it up a bit.
Good to see you are still around with the baby and all. FWIW...flow should always be reduced by T-ing off the return pump flow, not restricting the overflow. Many bad things can happen with restricted overflows.
Good point Brian. I will work toward that as a final solution. I need to get the time to go to the HW and get the items I need to do it right. This weekend looks good!
Also, you may be interested in this article about Bopyrid Isopods from Kurt Soderberg of Quality Marine. He asked to utilize one of my photos in the article and emailed me a copy when he was done. It answers some of the questions I posted earlier.
WHY IS MY WATER CLOUDY IN MY FRAG TANK! I AM GOING TO SCREAM! Oh, I already am screaming. This is driving me nuts!
One simple test you can do is just take a cup of water out of the frag tank and put it in a clear plastic or glass cup.
If the cloudiness goes away very quickly, it was most likely suspended microbubbles. If there is some chemical reason for the water staying cloudy, it should remain cloudy. If there is some suspended particles in the water, then in a few hours or perhaps overnight they should drop out of solution and form a film on the sides of the container or the bottom.
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