Bacteria bloom

Bacteria blooms won't go away with waterchanges or carbon like cloudy water would, And bacteria blooms are normally way cloudier.

 

So the bacteria bloom looks bad during the day and the water gets milky, but later in the evening the water gets clear again. Not sure why it does this or what it may mean. Any insight would be appreciated.

 

Ya Iv experienced that to but never could find a reason why it happens I'm not sure if anyone knows yet?

 

Anyone out there able to drop some chemistry on me for an explanation?

 

It may just look cloudier when the lights are on.Similar to using high beams in fog (which makes it worse lol).

 

Try leaving the lights out completely for 3 days and running some new charcoal. You got nothing to loose.

 

Could the bacteria be photosynthetic?

 

You should wait until your tank stabalizes and clears before adding anything to your tank. Run charcoal and wait it out. Theres an imbalance going on. Don't rush into putting things in the tank, its hard I know. Be patient and wait it out.

 

So I think I figured it out, my calcium is way too high and causing the issue. I didn't test before I started dosing and now it's +600 and I've read that high ca like that can cause the same issue. So the question is now, how do I reduce it? And no, water changes won't do it because I've done a few and it hasn't lowered. Is there anything I can dose to reduce my levels? It's been 600+ for a few weeks now and it's hasn't gone down in the slightest.

 

Water change would drop your levels assuming your water change water has lower ca levels then your tank does.... Although on 180 g you would have to do a rather large change for it to make a difference.