Chad and Belinda Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Ok...we did a water change last night and all water parameters were perfect. This morning, woke up to cloudy water. Everything in the tank looks fine. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lamont Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 What type of sea salt did you use? When i switched brands of salt i had the same thing happen to me. Don't ever use the Petco brand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 I can't remember right now. LOL. River City sells it for 39.99 (I'm thinking Coralife). It's the one the always seem to have the most of. I've been using it for quite awhile now. I'm out now and the bucket is gone so back to RC to get more. I did have a PH drop yesterday to about 7.8 after I added PH INCREASER (Super buffer DKH). Go figure. It kept dropping until I did a 20% water change. Now it's back above 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 If it was Red Sea, that salt always clouds my water after a water change. Any way I run a sock for 24 hrs and that usually makes the water "crystal" clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 any chance that your water change prompted something to spawn? That happened to me after a water change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Mendez WTR Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Been using red sea from kim the water looks cloudy and has a sheen on top, there is no oil in it. My cousin had me put some water on a brown paper bag then put it in a pan on the stove, until it dried up, nothing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+boognish Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Chiming in late on this one... Did you find the problem yet? If not, what are your parameters? Specifically alk, calcium, and magnesium. Before using a calcium reactor, I was dosing turbo calcium and buffering my topoff water. I could never get my calc over 300. At one point, the calcium precipitated into the water column making the tank pretty cloudy. Through research, I found this article which details the relationship between alk, calcium, and mg. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/rhf/index.php I started dosing magnesium and the water column cleared up and my calcium began to rise to over 400. Added bonus... I used Kent mg and it cleared up some bryopsis I had growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Chad, i have found that if i mix my water to long it clouds up BAD. Now when i mix my water change water i watch it and when its clear i do my water change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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