DannyGT
New Member
New reefer here. Tank is about 60 days old. I've only got a few posts here, so you can see my new member post and get a little history of what I've done.
Basically, I fought a very slight bloom about a month ago. Never did a water before because I wanted it cycled and all bacteria to really bake in. Fast forward to a couple of days ago and I started to see a very slight haze...so I said, ok it's about time I do my first water change.
It's an Aquatop 40 cube and I did about 8-10 gallons, so let's say a solid 20%.
Two days later and the bloom has exploded...lts a good 30-40% worse than the pics...
What gives!? First time a month ago I added a little clarity and it helped and then once I changed to a filter floss + 50micron polishing sheet it really cleared up perfectly. But now this is beyond my comprehension...
My KH/pH has been on the lower end of the spectrum, very low actually, but it's been low since the beginning and barely rose after the water change.
Salinity is .25, and I'm at 0, 0, 20nitrate...
Several frags added weeks ago, have always had a lot of fish (9 in total) and a very decent cuc. Oddly enough corals are all booming right now and from what I can barely see the fish are all behaving. I only feed once in the morning.
ATO is working well enough. No protein skimmer. I am using that plastic skimmer piece so I can have an elevated water line, but I took Dremel and made the teeth a little longer so it wasn't too high. I have the InTank additions for the filter floss + the 3 bay tray where I have bio > purigen > chemi pure elite then that spills over into the baskets that come with the tank where I just have the very bottom basket filled with seachem matrix for good measure.
Jebao wave maker making alot of waves...
Help!?
Basically, I fought a very slight bloom about a month ago. Never did a water before because I wanted it cycled and all bacteria to really bake in. Fast forward to a couple of days ago and I started to see a very slight haze...so I said, ok it's about time I do my first water change.
It's an Aquatop 40 cube and I did about 8-10 gallons, so let's say a solid 20%.
Two days later and the bloom has exploded...lts a good 30-40% worse than the pics...
What gives!? First time a month ago I added a little clarity and it helped and then once I changed to a filter floss + 50micron polishing sheet it really cleared up perfectly. But now this is beyond my comprehension...
My KH/pH has been on the lower end of the spectrum, very low actually, but it's been low since the beginning and barely rose after the water change.
Salinity is .25, and I'm at 0, 0, 20nitrate...
Several frags added weeks ago, have always had a lot of fish (9 in total) and a very decent cuc. Oddly enough corals are all booming right now and from what I can barely see the fish are all behaving. I only feed once in the morning.
ATO is working well enough. No protein skimmer. I am using that plastic skimmer piece so I can have an elevated water line, but I took Dremel and made the teeth a little longer so it wasn't too high. I have the InTank additions for the filter floss + the 3 bay tray where I have bio > purigen > chemi pure elite then that spills over into the baskets that come with the tank where I just have the very bottom basket filled with seachem matrix for good measure.
Jebao wave maker making alot of waves...
Help!?
