Cloudy Tank

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  1. cfcheong

    cfcheong Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Hello, I just started my new SW tank 2 weeks ago, I fed those two damsel every other two days, temp. stable at 79/80F, no water change yet, just top off, last night I did a water testing every reading looks fine, but the water start being cloudy, doesn't look like micro bubble but like sugar powder...Do you know what's happening? Will my fish die?

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    cfcheong, Jun 11, 2012
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  2. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    cloudy water wont kill fish, to clear it up run carbon.
     
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  3. consumedcorals

    consumedcorals Astrea Snail

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    use either carbon or another type of asorbing media like chemi-pure, or use poly filter it works wonders!
     
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  4. cfcheong

    cfcheong Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I just switched on the circulation pump and found that those "sugar powder" were blow off from the surface of live rock...so its my live rock dying?
     
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  5. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    Undissolved salt or sand...
     
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  6. warlord

    warlord Bristle Worm

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    Could be sand that got kicked up that settled on the rock im not certain tho
     
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  7. cfcheong

    cfcheong Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    not salt or sand, looks like the surface of the live rock start peeling off..:cry:
     
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  8. cfcheong

    cfcheong Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    okay...I keep digging on the internet and it said the white parts are dead Coraline algae off the live rock, so I guess I should just sit and let the EHEIM do its job?
     
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