Cloudy Water???

[sj022698]

I have had my tank up for a few weeks but I've had to move stuff around quite a bit including siphoning back and forth but everything is running smooth but the water is cloudy??? Why??? I'm running a coralife super skimmer with plenty of bubbles?

 

[scoobs]

What salt you using? whats your cal levels? anything like precipitation going on?

 

[promisetbg]

If you are moving things around and stirring up the fine sand with syphoning that is the problem right there.The sand has'nt even had a chance to settle with bacteria. Leave it alone.

 

[jakebtc]

and if you MUST move it do your best to keep from stiring up the sand if very fine it can take a hile to get clear when u put water back in tank use a plate or bowl on the sand and pou waer or siphon back in into it so as to not stir everything amuck

 

[nm reef]

Why are you syphoning? I'd agree that the cloudy water is likely due to disturbing the sand bed...allow it to settle and don't disturb it. I'm betting in a few days time the water will clear up. Also....insure the skimmer you use isn't allowing micro bubbles to be returned to the display......large amounts of micro bubbles can cause a milky appearance too.