Oddly cloudy tank..

[SwimsWithFishes]

So last night I decided I would go buy my first fish from my LFS. Before I left I tested everything, all was good, 0's across the board. I have had my 30g tank up for a little over a month with 30lbs of live sand and 27 lbs of live rock with a skimmer. Everything was great! The whole nine yard, so I decided it was time to finally get some fish! I bought 2 clowns and a nassarius snail. Both were acclimated properly, no problems. I left the light of to reduce stress then went to bed. When I woke up I immediately reviewed my tank and found it to be much cloudier that the night before! What could cause this? Anything I should do?


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[Mattyfelts]

probably a bacterial bloom, test your levels. Did you add ammonia to cycle it?

 

[SwimsWithFishes]

I didn't add ammonia. My LFS told me that my LS and LR would start the cycle without needing to add ammonia. I should include that when I bought the LR it had several small snails and a small brittle star on them also. Thanks for the help!


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[54seaweed]

almost sounds like the clowns kicking up the sand something they love to do
wait till they start rearranging the tank
I wake up to a cloud sometimes too it settles back down fast so I'm used to it

 

[lstimpy]

It'll take some time for it to clear. Sometimes like others have said it's sand, a bac bloom, hopefully not an ammonia bloom. Clowns are pretty hardy so just hold on.


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[SwimsWithFishes]

I've been looking around my tank and after a fairly thorough review I did in fact find pretty good size hole in my sand! Haha those darn clowns! Thanks for the help, much appreciated.


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