Fine particles in water

[da2145r]

I have a bunch of particles in my water just floating around its really ugly looking how can I stop them it doesnt seem to bother the fish or coral im open to any suggestions and my water levels are perfect thank you for your time

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Reefs

 

[PhoenixOne]

Are you using filter socks?

 

[da2145r]

Yes

 

[PhoenixOne]

Could it be micro bubbles from your skimmer?

 

[da2145r]

Its not micro bubbles I see its a solid

 

[PhoenixOne]

Ok, last try. Are your power heads creating a sand storm?

 

[lnevo]

Do you have sand sifting gobies? Took my tank a month or two for them to settle down, but he keeps my sand sooo clean

 

[da2145r]

I have a powerhead but its not creating a sand storm lol and I gotta orange spotted goby who cleans my sand nice

 

[Tonyscoots84]

okay lets start with this...

What size is this tank?

what size is your overflow pipe/s?

what kind of filter sock are you using?

what skimmer are you running?

do you have baffles in your sump?

this is all i can think of at the moment.....

 

[da2145r]

75gal
Dont remember sz pipes
4 filter sock 200 micron
seaclone 150 and tunze 9020
Yes to baffles

 

[lnevo]

How old is the tank...i'll say its the gobie.

 

[da2145r]

Could be and will it eventually settle and its like 6 months old

 

[lnevo]

How long did you have gobie and this problem, it could take a whole to settle...change socks frequently will help.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

you have 4 filter socks at use at a time in your sump?

also i would get rid of the seaclown and tunze and get a real skimmer ..

the only thing i can think of is dietrus coming out of your rock work or that is sitting on your sand bed.

If the tank is 6 months old it should have settled by now. If you have a sand stirrer you will always see these particulates in the water column.

 

[da2145r]

Goby like 3 weeks and what u suggest for a skimmer cause thinking of upgrading to a good one and a 4 in filter sock srry about that

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Skimz DC = Awesome Skimmers

 

[SirReefalot]

Not 100% sure but I think a carbon reactor would help with that. Should make the water super clear by talking out all of those particles... And not that expensive.

 

[SirReefalot]

Oh and +1 on the goby mine is a pain in the @$$ thinking of taking him out but he cleans the sand so well.

 

[Cu455]

Try something like this.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/157539-how-i-clean-my-rock.html

 

[Manolo_AP]

I was having the same issues.
It was a combination of a few things for me.
I have a sand sifting goby that was putting the particles up in the air. (I love him too much to get rid of him)
And one of my power heads was throwing micro bubbles into the tank.
And the same power head was close to my overflow and didn't allow the particles to make it into the overflow and get caught by the filter sock.

I'd suggest to make sure that there is no powerhead or wave maker pushing particles away from the overflow.

The goby will do his thing forever but after a while the particles will be gone and only sand remain.

And make sure it's not any malfunctioning powerhead/wave maker

Also make sure your sump is set up to catch all of that stuff