Cloudy water

[idgy]

I am at a loss at the moment. I had this tank up for over a year, nothing in it but LR, all test are well under the recommended points. One day it is clear and the next cloudy. I just bought some fish and shrimp to put in the tank and after about 2 hours of acclimation, the shrimp died.

And, I still am not sure why it is cloudy.

 

[idgy]

PS: I forgot to mention about two weeks ago I added about 10 snails and 10 hermit crabs, which are all doing very well.

 

[mschrissygil]

Do you have any macro algae in it?

 

[idgy]

I have none.

 

[idgy]

I just put two clowns in and a coral beauty, and they seem fine. At the moment I am using a drip for a goby and pistol shrimp. Then I have to use the drip for a bubble anemone, and I am nervous about that. God knows I do not not want to kill the poor things.

I also just added more snails and crabs and they seem fine.

PS it's a red sea max and I am not sure if that has anything to do with the water being cloudy or if they filtration is not good enough. I have 45 pounds of LR.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Did you let the saltwater mix oxygenate for 24 hours before adding to the display?

What is the drip you are referring to?
Are you putting an anemone into a fairly young system?

 

[seattle989]

How is the bubble anemone looking? did it get sucked into the powerhead?

 

[idgy]

The drip I am using is where I let a drop of water per second or two drip into the container with the original water that came with the animal. The system is about 1 year and half old if not longer. I had nothing in the tank for that time until two weeks ago when I added snail and crabs. When mixing salt water I do let it mix for 24 to 48 hours.

It is weird, one day it was clear and then cloudy and then clear and now back to cloudy.

I have not put the anemone in yet. I have another tank that has been running for over 3 years but does not have the light requierment the anemone needs. That tank is crystal clear.

Thanks

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Put the Nem into the more stable yet darker tank until you find what is causing the cloud. Bloom, precipitation, stirred up sand?

 

[gloo]

What type of snails?

 

[returnofsid]

Have you tested for Ammonia? With the tank sitting, pretty much fallow, for a year, and then adding new livestock, you might not have had enough bacteria to handle to jump in ammonia created by the addition of fish. Without any source of ammonia, your beneficial bacteria will die off. For a year, it sounds like you had no source of ammonia.

 

[gotfish]

I would have to concur with Returnofsid. If you get a spike in ammonia, it tends to cloudy the water. You can also check your ph, sometimes a sudden rise in ph will cloudy the water.

 

[idgy]

Thank you

 

[jag3534]

So hows she doin? still cloudy?

 

[idgy]

It seems to be not as cloudy as this morning, but still cloudy. Lights are off now, will check in the morn and hope it clears up a bit more.

Thanks

 

[jag3534]

Good luck!!