going nuts with my tank

[duke62]

so for about a month my tank will be clear as day.overnight it gets real cloudy and stays that way for 3 days then it clears up for a couple of days and the cloud starts all over again.i have no idea whats going on and i am not adding anything to the tank i havent added in years.can this be something spawning over and over.can a piece of equipment be going bad.nothing in the tank seems stressed.

 

[bigdog1428]

cloundy,,,,like micro bubble cloudy, my tank gets a lil cloudy when the water level in my sump drops too low and i get really fine micro bubbles,, post pics of cloudyness,,,maybe somone else can chime in

 

[duke62]

no not micro bubbles.its like someone dropped milk inside.i looked into everything and the only thing it maybe is is equipment or a spawn but its every like 4 days it happens

 

[James404]

Calcium precipitation maybe? Another possibility is some sort of baterial growth.

 

[jcs11236]

ur snails spawning? it happened to me for a few days but then it went away. now i have a thousand tiny snails all over

 

[MIKE NY]

could be alot of things..are all the water parameters good? are the fish stressed?..do all the corals look good?...if everything is good then leave it alone...do you run carbon and filter socks if not then do.

 

[ajm99835]

I just recently spoke to my bro about your post he said when he had leathers it would happen too once a month, they shut down once a month to release all there waste, your protein skimmer should clean it right up... Hope this helps!

 

[duke62]

its not once a month its every 3 to 4 days.i do notice alot of baby snails in my sump though.if thats the case and the snails are spawning i have some pimp snails becaue it happens alot.i run carbon and phosban and my pars are fine.i cant check cal or alk because i havent received my kits yet.everything looks great in the tank.nothing is stressing.and i only have 1 leather in my tank which is a 92

 

[midtownman]

Calcium precipitation maybe? Another possibility is some sort of baterial growth.

thats what i was thinking i just made the mistake with putting to much cal in at one time it took 2 days for my tank to clear up

 

[duke62]

no.i havent added any calcium to the tank in awile because i havent had any test kits to test the alk,mag or cal

 

[duke62]

so last night i did a water change added new carbon and it started clearing up.this morning AGAIN its cloudy.WTF.

 

[duke62]

ok who wants to come over my house and help me out with this problem

 

[dmr2000]

James call me Dennis 516-816-4172 I'm 2 min away

 

[duke62]

alright den.ill call ya tomorrow

 

[duke62]

im very close to ripping my tank apart and starting over.i cant even see through the glass,skimmer is doing absolutly nothing but making water bubbles.i dont even know if all my fish are alive.WTF is going on

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Hi Jim

I am off, and can come over if you want someone else to look at it. Are you around during the day

 

[duke62]

Yeah man.dennis said he would come but i got home late today.i should be home tomorrow since its going to rain

 

[duke62]

so i tried wet skimming and a couple of water chages,new carbon and nothing.i have just lowered my light cycle from 10 to 9 hours.its just getting worse and worse every day

 

[KathyC]

Can you post a pic of what it looks like?

 

[duke62]

well i think i figured it out and i believe its a bad setup design thats the culprit and there is little i can do about it now.my DT pours into my fuge then into my sump which is a big mistake but it was the only option i had due to limited space,well the fuge is collecting alot of debris and it finally erupted into a cloud in the tank.this is my belief on why its so cloudy,im going to try and add a filter sock to the drain pipe that leads into the fuge and add some sandsifting stars to the fuge and see if that helps.thats option 1.option 2 is to redo the whole fuge/sump and see what options i can do.if all else fails im going to have someone build me a triangular tank to fit on the bottom tier of my system