Is it soup yet?

[stankyd]

What used to look like this

 

 

 

In about a week it turned to this when my UV sterilizer went very bad. The only thing that seems to really have a problem are the zoos.

 

 

 

 

i just installed the TMC Vecton V2 600 25 watt UV Sterilizer. Care to guess how long it will take to clear up??

 

D.

[Coral Hind]

Wow, that looks pretty bad. I would run the skimmer a little wet until it clears up in about three days.

[MBVette]

Your getting close to what I had. I finally used algae fix marine and It cleared up in a day. But you do need to find the source of the phosphates in your system.

[trockafella]

Your UV going out allowed that to happen.? I dont know if im more amazed that a UV prevented that, or that that happened so quickly with no other changes.?

[jimlin]

i say it should clear up in a day or two.

[stankyd]

Good effects after 12 hours later, even the zooos are beginning to open up

 

[Origami]

1-3 days, would be my guess. BTW, it looks like the UV may be masking some other nutrient problem.

[Coral Hind]

I agree, adding a phosphate absorber while skimming wet would be a good idea.

[stankyd]

Here are some clues.

 

Using a 5 stage R/O with 0TDS,

 

The only other phospate source I can think of would be food. I feed Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday only on this 300g tank its quite a small bioload.

 

I grow chaeto in the sum lit 24hours and i pull about half of it out every 2 weeks. Great growth. Even with the chaeto, I get subborn hair algeae in spots.

 

Skimmer - TUNZE DOC PROTEIN SKIMMER 9011 rated for 264 gallons

 

I am dosing 2 part calcium a capful once a day

 

The only other phospate source i can think of would be food or perhaps the rocks themselves these rocks had no problem in my last tank but i had a much larger skimmer.

 

Arragonite sand bed.

 

I suspect I need more water changes - doing 1 40g per month - does everyone do their changes with R/O?

[MBVette]

Have you tested for phosphates recently?

 

And yes Im pretty sure all of us use R/O for all of our water changes and top offs.

[STEVE]

I do water changes either every week or every other week depending on my work schedule, ....and it looks like your skimmer is right at its limit. Might want to consider a bigger skimmer down the road. I would suggest doing a couple of water changes in the next couple of days and adding GFO to help clear it up.

[jimlin]

what are you feeding and how much are you feeding for each feeding? a lot of people prefer more smaller feedings than large feedings once every 1-3 days. i agree that you may need to do more water changes. once every other week works for many people.

[jimlin]

the cloudy water could also be caused by bacteria as well.

[Coral Hind]

I suspect I need more water changes - doing 1 40g per month - does everyone do their changes with R/O?

I use R/O for my water changes. A 40g per month can be fine if you have a light bio-load and your nitrates are staying low.

 

What are your tank parameters at?

[stankyd]

Well at end of 2 days, its really cleared up. No noticeable change in skimmate.

 

 

 

 

Regarding bioload, here are about a dozen small fish clowns, a tang, damsels etc.. Taking it slow and easy. Have had no fish deaths to speak of since setting up. Very light coral load too and they surprisingly look pretty happy, showing nice growth and color. About to install led's over the tank soon. Will post my water params. My major annoynance is the hair algae and I cant seem to find anything to eat it.

 

Dave

[LCDRDATA]

My major annoynance is the hair algae and I cant seem to find anything to eat it.

 

Dave

 

When I was having some really nasty hair algae problems, the one thing I found that would eat it were Mexican Turbos - nothing else touched it. No guarantees, obviously, but you may want to give them a try.