Cloudy Water without a reason....

[Brizjuan]

Hey all hope your all enjoying your new year... I have a 27 gallon cube with a 5.5 gallon sump.. filter sock, carbon, chemi-pure, chaeto, protein skimmer for filtration... Without cause my water has started to get cloudy white.... I havent stirred up any of the sand or done any major work to the tank.. it just kind of happened when I woke up one day and it is progressively getting a little worse... I havent done any changes in water flow. I did a 5 gallon water change yesterday and it seemed to get a little better but then go back to the way it was. I wish it was a crazy amphipod outbreak that I could cure with a nice mandarin but my tank is only 6 months old and I rarely come across any at all... Any ideas???

 

[steamman]

Do you have a fish that may be stirring up the sand?

 

[downbeach]

Have any damsel sp. they're good at that.

 

[Brizjuan]

whoops sorry forgot to mention livestock... The only inhabitants are two small perc clowns, assorted small hermits and snails and an emerald crab..

 

[panmanmatt]

Sounds like a bacterial bloom to me. I would continue with the water changes and also change out your carbon. It should clear up in a couple days.

 

[Brizjuan]

Just switched out carbon this morning... Ill do another water change and let you guys know how I make out... Thank you very much for the quick responses... I just posted this 5 minutes ago...

 

[Sunny]

Sounds like a bacterial bloom to me. I would continue with the water changes and also change out your carbon. It should clear up in a couple days.

+1

 

[TanksNStuff]

I agree with Matt too. I'd also suggest keeping an eye on the clowns too. When they start looking for a place to lay eggs, they tend to dig up the sand and sorta hollow out space below their chosen spot. In a nano this could easily cause cloudy water due to the small water volume.