cloudy water???

[Mr.Schertz]

I got a Innovative marine nuvo 16 gallon tank and its been running for 12 days now. My problem is cloudy water. I got the tank used so I kept the live sand and hallf of the water. I took out about 2 gallons for a water change about two days ago. Any ideas on why my tank is still cloudy?

[allan]

What are your parameters?

Inside the tank, what are you using for flow? In the sump, are you using any kind of filter media to filter the water column?


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[Scutterborn]

What color is the cloud? Sounds like a bloom of some sort.


-Ben-

[Flyride95]

12 days sounds like a diatom bloom. Is it heavy brown powdered algae? If it is it is fine and will pass soon.

[Mr.Schertz]

Im using the stock pump,100% polyester for filter media in the chambers,no color to the cloudiness,just real hazy with a film on the glass and acrylic back wall on the tank.

[jcnkt_ellis]

Could be stirred up fine sand if the pump flow is set too high

[Big_Pun]

just a bio bloom more than likely as your take settles in and biological filter kicks in it will clear up. by bio filter i mean your rocks and sand and all surfaces inside tank, you could run some small bag of chemipure or chemipure elite to help

[hobogato]

yep, like others have said, probably bacterial. going thru the same thing with a tank i recently set up as well.