Can someone help please//

So i have had my tank up and running for about a month noe. I have a few fish a maroon clown, four damsels , one tang, and some inverts. I just did a water change yesterday and today it seems like my tank is, no it is definately cloudy. Is this an algae bloom or something. If it is how do i fix it. Other than this everything in the tank is fine. Any help would be great.

 

What are your params? How big of tank? Feeding schedule? Lights? Cloudy could be a bacterial bloom, but need more info to help you out.

 

Exactly

 

I have a 55 gallon tank. Just did water change yesterday im at 1.021 on my salinity. My ph is 8.3 I have a coral life lighting system two compact 10,00k and two compact actinic bulbs. I have ran them together all day today except i turned the blues on about an hour before. Fish look fine water temp is 76. I dont really know what is going on but it seems to be getting worse thanks for the info.

 

What are your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate numbers? Also calcium and alkalinity.

 

Seems like too many fish too soon, a normal cycle can take up to a month to complete itself. They can be sped up if you had initially put in a good amount of live rock. After you list your params I think we can assist you better.

I'm thinking your bio-load ramped up too quickly before your beneficial bacteria could support it, and you may even be stuck in mid-cycle, hopefully not.

How much rock do you have, are you running a skimmer, do you run any type of media?

 

Yes I do have about 30 pounds of live rock and about a 3 inch deep sand bed in my tank. I currently am not running a skimmer but plan on getting one soon. As for my parameters I seem to be having a problem with my test kit it seems like it never turns any colors at all. Do test kits go bad?? How should i go about fixing this problem. :-/

 

Test kits can go bad. Usually good for about a year