Issues?

[Flaxon-Waxon]

The past couple weeks I've been trying to figure out why my zoas and palys weren't fully open. All params good, etc. one thing I noticed tonight that I may have subconsciously noticed, is that my water has a VERY SLIGHT, milky hue to it. Barely. Very barely, but noticeable. What could this possibly be?

 

[Sniperhank]

Bacterial bloom maybe. Run some carbon.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Yea I just hooked my AC70 back up and stuffed some polyfil and purigen in there. Hopefully it clears up and this is why my softies hate me...

 

[Sniperhank]

Any big change like that can do stuff like that.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

What would cause a bloom? I had them when I did freshwater but haven't seen once since I started salt...

 

[Jesse Greer]

Have you tested your water?

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[Flaxon-Waxon]

Yes 0's across the board. Calcium a little low at 375 and 9.5 alk.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Should I run purigen and carbon? More purigen? Only carbon?

 

[Sniperhank]

Either purigen or carbon. No reason to run 2 media that will do similar things.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Ok. I got one if those purigen bags. Maybe I'll get a second... I can't find too much info on saltwater blooms, any insight as to proper course of action other than wait it out?

 

[Sniperhank]

If the purigen doesn't do it...which will surprise me, then run carbon and it'll cure it up. It shouldn't stick around too long.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Ok thank you.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Something way outta whack definitely went down in my tank, and I don't know when exactly either, but I know I'm seeing effects of it... I noticed that I no longer see lots of Colonista snails on the glass in the morning, and come to look closer, all their empty shells are scattered along the sand. Probably a good 30-40 of them. Dead. I also haven't seen an asterina starfish in a week or so. I ran full parameter checks once again today. 0's across the board. I was half expecting to see an ammo spike, but nothing.

My BTA still looks like junk, so I took a baster and cleared the rock it's attached to thinking maybe something it irritating it. My softies still hate me. I'm now running purigen and floss in my HOB. I also added some Seachem Stability in case of a misreading on ammo. I will test again tomorrow.

Frustrated doesn't come close... 8-/