I just noticed that my tank water started turning white. I am concerned this could be a bacterial related issues. My tank is a 65G with a Model 4 ProFlex sump with refugium. I did start switching over to Red Sea Coral Pro Salt yesterday. My plan is to do a 3G water change a day until Nov when I believe the salt should be about 90%+ of Red Sea salt and 10% Reef Crystals. Some of my corals are not opening like they normally do. My duncan and toadstool have closed over the last 2 days. I have been dosing vinegar for 53 days with no observable problems. I am running GFO (Two Little Fishies) and Carbon (Two Little Fishies) - it is 3 weeks old and due for replacement next Saturday. My maintenance is regular. Here are my water parameters from my weekly testing yesterday...
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - close to 0 ppm (Red Sea Algae Control)
Phosphate - 0.02 ppm
Calcium - 370 ppm (very low for me I usually run around 450 ppm)
Alkalinity - 10.9 dKH
Magnesium 1320 ppm
pH - 7.9 (I continually struggle with pH and have been dosing kalk along with cal & alk to try to keep at 8.1-8.3 range)
Temp - 78 deg F
Iron - Not measurable (Red Sea Colors)
Iodine - 0.06 ppm
Any ideas on what could be happening? Thanks in advance!
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - close to 0 ppm (Red Sea Algae Control)
Phosphate - 0.02 ppm
Calcium - 370 ppm (very low for me I usually run around 450 ppm)
Alkalinity - 10.9 dKH
Magnesium 1320 ppm
pH - 7.9 (I continually struggle with pH and have been dosing kalk along with cal & alk to try to keep at 8.1-8.3 range)
Temp - 78 deg F
Iron - Not measurable (Red Sea Colors)
Iodine - 0.06 ppm
Any ideas on what could be happening? Thanks in advance!