Why Cant I keep it clean?

[yf1]

Hi every one!

I have a 150G reef, for about 11 mounts, for the last winter, I had problems like, to high calcium or iodine, now the levels are good, but I can?t get rid of small little particles that are all over in the water! And the surface is full of them! Why? I tried so hard in putting the mechanical media all kind of ways, but still no help! I do have a number of grazing Tangs and the tangs are also doing some dirt, but is this normal? Also I have 2 skimmers; always 1 of them is at vacation? I added carbon packs post the skimmers, whats wrong? Why can?t I get my water to sparkle?


both hte fish ana coral are doing great, only my big brain coral is playing games.

Thanks for you help!
Yf1

 

[Tonyscoots84]

have u tried getting a phosban reactor and running carbon in there (carbon is most effective in the reactor i have mentioned..) ...

also a few other ideas
- try a diatom filter...
- if you have a sump with the overflow going down to it, put a micron sock on the overflow plumbing into ur sump..
- if you are dosing or your levels are out of norm. u maybe seeing the precipitation of either calcium or alkalinity..

Take a pic of the tank and list all the equipment u currently use, dosing methods, husbandry, barebottom or sand and tank specs (Parameters/Levels)

just a few ideas, there sure will be a few more.. and welcome to the site...

 

[yf1]

Thanks, I will do my homework, and soon or in the morning post back a list of evrything
thanks again!

 

[fritz]

Sounds like "microbubbles" to me. If it were actually dirt or if your Live Rock were "shedding" you would see this on the floor of your reef not suspended in the water column. If your reef had so high a turnover as to pull this gunk off the floor and keep it suspended in the water, than your skimmers would pull it out and it would be there no more. Therefor I think what you are describing is most likely microbubbles and not "dirt"

 

[reefman]

a pic would help

 

[PalmTree]

Welcome to MR! Post a pic! A Picture says a thousand words.