What Happened to my tank

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  1. RoseKilla

    RoseKilla Astrea Snail

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    over the last couple hours my tank went from clear to foggy

    anyone with any ideas, and maybe how to fix

    Here are 2 pics from the front(left half, and right half)

    and 1 pic from side of tank
     

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  3. REDMANS CUBE

    REDMANS CUBE Fire Shrimp

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    are you running carbon? if so change it, if not get some. and test the water
     
  4. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    bacteria bloom probably.

    whats your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate?
     
  5. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Did you have something stir the sand? Did a powerhead do some re-working of the ocean floor?
     
  6. RoseKilla

    RoseKilla Astrea Snail

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    well i will be testing all the params tomarrow, i need new test kits, and the carbon filters are only 5 days old
     
  7. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    did you add salt or any chemicals?
     
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  9. REDMANS CUBE

    REDMANS CUBE Fire Shrimp

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    that 3rd pic is a trip. look closely and you can see a grouper, damsel, and a b. cardinal in the background behind the sail fin tang...also there is an anemome in one of the pics. how old is that tank and what size is it. thats alot of livestock! and the grouper will get big quick.
     
  10. REDMANS CUBE

    REDMANS CUBE Fire Shrimp

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    oh and what appears to be a clarki clown.
     
  11. RoseKilla

    RoseKilla Astrea Snail

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    it is a 55gal

    the tank is prob about 5 months old

    there is a white purple tip nem in there
    a bicolor angel, blue damsel, panther grouper, sailfin, percula clown, black percula, b.cardinal,ebli angel, hippo tang, turbo snail, coralbanded shrimp, and a brittle star
     
  12. REDMANS CUBE

    REDMANS CUBE Fire Shrimp

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    thats way to much for a 55, 5 months way to new, i would remove the anemome. imo. the hipp tang gets big, the grouper will get huge and is a messy eater. the sailfin with get rather large and requires lot of room for swimming. have you ever tested your water?