Water Change and Cloudy Water Next Day

[kpiotrowski]

I'm with ya 100% krish. In the past Iv'e run in to many that don't fully understand that the biological filter is dynamic...constantly adjusting and adapting to the bioload. ive heard " once its cycled, you can add all your livestock" and they don't understand the " mini cycle" which Iv'e tried to differentiate here by refering to it as " balance".

 

[Krish]

Yea, it's crazy!! One change and the biological filter has to basically re-organize LOL!!

 

[jaymz69]

I appreciate all of your opinions and experiences.

Thanks again

 

[Krish]

I appreciate all of your opinions and experiences.

Thanks again

No problem! In all cases, do what works best for you. You will find in many situations that people will have a difference of opinions so whatever is suggested, look into a bit more and find which route suits you best.

 

[jaymz69]

Well tonight everything is back to normal on the readings.
one orange reading above zero on the Nitrate
but nothing on Nitrite and Ammonia

 

[Ed Hahn]

I like what I read above. One thing I often remind people is to wash their hands before working in tank. Soaps, oils, hand lotions, bacterial disenfectants, etc brought into your tank from you.

 

[jaymz69]

Yes
I make sure even if I did nothing to do a rinse off.
Thanks

 

[jaymz69]

It has been a week and last night's readings has all at 0 or barely noticeable in the color change in the chemical readings.

- I did add about 20#s more of LR from a well established tank with only 20 minutes out of their water to mine last week.
- did a 20% change last night
- Coral and fish doing well
- The T5s (until I can afford LED) really made the corals happy

 

[jaymz69]

Everything is still great and all readings still zero.

I am ending this thread and thanks again for ALL of your thoughts...

 

[Ed Hahn]

Jay,
I was just reminded by a friend how important it is to Test for Ammonia. You would be surprised how much a ten dollar Ammonia test kit can do. Some RO/DI may still let Ammonia get by. You can add another cartridge to your RO/DI or you can buy Prime. Better to be safe than sorry. Your parameters may be on the money, but smallest amount of ammonia can be toxic to fish and corals.

 

[jaymz69]

That is part of my testing.

Thanks for the input.

 

[Krish]

If you go to post 13 in the link below, I posted a photo of a bacterial bloom so you can see what it looks like for future reference.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/showthread.php?t=61672

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[jaymz69]

Yes that is exactly what it looked like.
Milky.

So fish in bucket
3/4 water change
Change more the next day
Good backers and more live rock
Did the trick within two days. This is what worked fir me and my setup's conditions.

 

[Krish]

All I did was increase surface agitation to oxygenate the tank a bit more and let it run it's course. Glad you got it all sorted out.


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