Can anyone tell me why my tank is looking murky,

[Agentskeller]

It's only been 7 days since my last water change

 

[melosu58]

Few more details please. Are you cycling? How long has the tank been going? What are your water test results? Any other helpful info?

 

[Agentskeller]

my tank just bloomed a couple days ago for the first time, ive had the tank set up for two weeks, my fish and coral are doing well, i had my water tested first day of bloom and my lfs said everythng is alright

 

[mr_X]

If you've been running the tank for only 2 weeks, there is a good chance you aren't even cycled yet. having corals and fish in the tank now is extremely dangerous.

 

[melosu58]

I agree with Doug. The reason that it is cloudy is that there is alot of ammonia in the tank. You should have cycled your tank first. I would check into returning the fish and corals till the cycle is done. You can read about the cycle in our SW articles section.

 

[Agentskeller]

If you've been running the tank for only 2 weeks, there is a good chance you aren't even cycled yet. having corals and fish in the tank now is extremely dangerous.

The tank was used and has been cycled before, I used a live bacteria additive to help with the cycle, as far as I know all my levels are in check. I'm getting good growth and maturing quickly, as far as I know my tank is thriving.

 

[melosu58]

Does not matter if you added the bacteria. The nitrifying bacteria still has to grow and colonize. Somewhere during the move something happened.

 

[Agentskeller]

Lfs gave me bad info then, what any recommendations on what to do

 

[melosu58]

You can do one of two things. You can return corals and fish or you`ll need to do daily PWC`s to keep lethal ammonia and nitrite levels down. It will slow the cycle down but it will eventually get done. Just cost more because of the PWC`s.

 

[Sleeperr34]

What do u have in the tank now? What corals and what fish? And do u have ur own test kit to check ur own stuff. I would get a test kit if u don't have one and check ammonia for sure. Cus yea I would guess it has not fully gone through yet and can cause problems if not kill the livestock u have in the tank right now.

 

[Agentskeller]

Omg I didn't check my water level in the back of the tank so my water wasn't filtering haha I just took out about a gallon

 

[mr_X]

I'm getting good growth and maturing quickly, as far as I know my tank is thriving.

2 weeks is not much time to tell what kind of growth you are getting.