Please Help, Cloudy Surface?

[Chris5]

I don't get it, the surface of my tank (65g) at the top area is always cloudy lately....(looks like sedemant floating around) How do i get this to clear? The rest of the tank looks fine......I have 3 power heads running with the overflow and sump.....

 

[DEEPWATER]

do oyuhave any flow on the top of the tank ,,,if the water on top is standing still and all the flow is directed towards the inside of the tank ,,the top will stay clody ,

 

[alrha]

try to direct the surface flow towards the overflow so it falls to your sump.

 

[Chris5]

Flow

try to direct the surface flow towards the overflow so it falls to your sump.

Good Idea, i will try that now...Thanks....see what happens!

 

[Deanos]

Your overflow should remove those deposits and send them to the sump :scratchch. Can you show us a picture of how it's set up?

 

[inline6]

I don't get it, the surface of my tank (65g) at the top area is always cloudy lately....(looks like sedemant floating around) How do i get this to clear? The rest of the tank looks fine......I have 3 power heads running with the overflow and sump.....

A surface skimmer should help alot.

 

[Chris5]

Sump

Your overflow should remove those deposits and send them to the sump :scratchch. Can you show us a picture of how it's set up?

My overflow is just like everyone else's but i pvc plumbed it into the sump, (sump has some LR in it and some calurpa ....) where it is sucked up by the quietone 3000 -780gph) and delivered back to the tank via clear hose.....I'll try to post pics...

 

[KuyaMark]

Hey Chris Put the power heads up higher! Does the tank look much clearer than B4?

 

[Chris5]

Pics

Ok here are the pics of the overflow (disregard the hang on filter to the right) and the actual sump .....

 

[Deanos]

That's weird. That overflow should drain the surface scum without help from the powerheads.

 

[Chris5]

Cloudy

Thats why i am stumped....why could it be cloudy above the rocks? its not like cloudy cloudy but its enough to wonder whats up.....its been like this ever since i transfered from the 30g.....

 

[alrha]

if you put in some flake food, will it get sucked right into the overflow? or are there places where it can float around the surface without getting sucked down?

 

[inkblue]

hmmm did anything die on/in the rocks? when my snail died, a cloudy maSs appear'd above it... a thick gunk of death :dead1: ...ok, ok i'm caLm... serenity now :approve:

 

[DEEPWATER]

Deanos ,,it seems that the over flow box needs to be a bit lower ,he has it a bit high IMO ,,,they come with plastic screws on the top to lower the box ,turn them so that the slits of the box go lower in the tank ,this way he has more of a flow going in the overflow

 

[DEEPWATER]

hmmm did anything die on/in the rocks? when my snail died, a cloudy maSs appear'd above it... a thick gunk of death :dead1: ...ok, ok i'm caLm... serenity now :approve:

Inky Inky Inky ,,,get over the snail ,, :bigeyes2: no more snails for ink in his tank ,he has nitemare now

 

[DEEPWATER]

see!! it could go a bit lower

 

[DEEPWATER]

tyr to adjust the plactic screws on the inside of the box ,maybe 1/2 inch more down ,you have the room to do that ,,i think it willwork

 

[Deanos]

Ronen, the screw allows you to adjust the water level in the tank. Like Albert said, flakes on the surface should drain into the overflow, regardless what level it is at.

 

[DEEPWATER]

Well then he need to put a power head to move the water around ,
I dont have an over flowbox ,and i don thave this prob,,just a bulk head with a strainer ,and my return pointed in 4 diff direction,,1 going to middle ,one to the side ,and 2 for top movement ,,you sen my tank ,it cant get any clearer

 

[DEEPWATER]

chris ,can you gat a pic on how you have your return pointing ,,
my brother had the same set up and he has the same prob ,i used a maxijet 900 to move the water and everything is cool