It's snowing, or foggy anyhow

[spaulr]

I think I caused a precipitate event while adjusting my CA and ALK levels - using Randy Holmes Farley 2 part solution. Tank is cloudy. Corals and fish appear to be oblivious to what's going on.

Is a water change the best thing to do? Or should I just let it work itself out. 40 gallon tank. I was going to change out about 5 gallons.

 

[ZooKeeper1]

Were you using the baked version ? Most likley your ph just got a bit high. I would just let it be. It should clear up on its own. After that, just test alkalinity, calcium and magnesium to be sure.

 

[spaulr]

Yes, baked version. My PH meter says 8.3, but I know for a fact when I add about 30ml the PH in my sump jumps up around 9.5 for a while. I'm mixing up some salt water just in case. Other than the cloudiness everything in the tank looks fantastic.

 

[ZooKeeper1]

Yeah, that's the problem. As you know the local ph can get really high in the area of addition. I add a large ammount of that suppliment a day. To do it I just add it into the topoff for the day so it's slowly introduced in dilute form. But I'm adding hundreds of ml's.

 

[spaulr]

Everything is pretty clear again. There is a nice white film all over the tank. You can see the snail trails. I'll get around to cleaning that off tomorrow. Instead of dosing my tank, I think I'll start adding it to the top off water instead. That way the PH level won't be such a shocker.

Thanks everyone!