paintballer768
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Hey everyone. I just put a 100 watt heater in my 24 gallon for the first time ever since I just found it today and I got worried with the temperature. Over the course, its gotten progressively cloudier. What gives?
Heater making water cloudy
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grumpygils
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Originally Posted by paintballer768
Hey everyone. I just put a 100 watt heater in my 24 gallon for the first time ever since I just found it today and I got worried with the temperature. Over the course, its gotten progressively cloudier. What gives?
It isn't the heater, just a coincidence IMO. Even the swirls of the temp gradient near the heater wouldn't cloud the water
mc
Hey everyone. I just put a 100 watt heater in my 24 gallon for the first time ever since I just found it today and I got worried with the temperature. Over the course, its gotten progressively cloudier. What gives?
It isn't the heater, just a coincidence IMO. Even the swirls of the temp gradient near the heater wouldn't cloud the water
mc
paintballer768
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Hmm ok. The only other things Ive added the last few days were a maroon clown, CBA, and some new LR. Any ideas?
EDIT: I added pH buffer today, possible reaction with the heater temps?
EDIT: I added pH buffer today, possible reaction with the heater temps?
grumpygils
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Originally Posted by paintballer768
Hmm ok. The only other things Ive added the last few days were a maroon clown, CBA, and some new LR. Any ideas?
EDIT: I added pH buffer today, possible reaction with the heater temps?
How big is the tank? Clown can get pissed and push all sort of studff around. LR can have crud in it? Any corals in there? Leather melt down? PH on sand or rock?
Mc
Hmm ok. The only other things Ive added the last few days were a maroon clown, CBA, and some new LR. Any ideas?
EDIT: I added pH buffer today, possible reaction with the heater temps?
How big is the tank? Clown can get pissed and push all sort of studff around. LR can have crud in it? Any corals in there? Leather melt down? PH on sand or rock?
Mc
paintballer768
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Originally Posted by grumpygils
How big is the tank? Clown can get pissed and push all sort of studff around. LR can have crud in it? Any corals in there? Leather melt down? PH on sand or rock?
Mc
24 gallons. Clown has spent most of its time swimming against the wall or hanging out near the heater. LR was practically just rock, no dead plants or anything on it. No leathers. Only source of flow I have for the tank is a mod on the jets I have to make it spread out more and it creates a clockwise current in the tank. This isnt new though.
CBA goes all through the rocks and such so Im thinking he might be stirring up some crud in between them.
The pH buffer wouldnt have anything to do with it? Heater might be making it react more or anything at all in that sense? I added pH buffer today and kalkwasser yesterday. (Yes I dripped it).
How big is the tank? Clown can get pissed and push all sort of studff around. LR can have crud in it? Any corals in there? Leather melt down? PH on sand or rock?
Mc
24 gallons. Clown has spent most of its time swimming against the wall or hanging out near the heater. LR was practically just rock, no dead plants or anything on it. No leathers. Only source of flow I have for the tank is a mod on the jets I have to make it spread out more and it creates a clockwise current in the tank. This isnt new though.
CBA goes all through the rocks and such so Im thinking he might be stirring up some crud in between them.
The pH buffer wouldnt have anything to do with it? Heater might be making it react more or anything at all in that sense? I added pH buffer today and kalkwasser yesterday. (Yes I dripped it).
paintballer768
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Originally Posted by monkdaily
i think its the buffer i just got back from my LFS and was looking at buffer because i may need some. and in reading the directions it says it may cloud the water. so re-read the back of the buffer bottel and see what it says
I just read the back of the Kent Marine Superbuffer-dKH. I quote "...is designed to mix clear with little or no cloudiness or precipitation."
Now Im thinking maybe something with the salinity is happening since the heater is on and the full tank temperature is starting to rise.
i think its the buffer i just got back from my LFS and was looking at buffer because i may need some. and in reading the directions it says it may cloud the water. so re-read the back of the buffer bottel and see what it says
I just read the back of the Kent Marine Superbuffer-dKH. I quote "...is designed to mix clear with little or no cloudiness or precipitation."
Now Im thinking maybe something with the salinity is happening since the heater is on and the full tank temperature is starting to rise.
paintballer768
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Any other possibilities? Please?
paintballer768
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Originally Posted by SCSInet
How much did you increase the temperature?
A sudden increase in temperature could trigger a bacterial bloom, which does cause clouding.
Well usually I dont use the heater because the house is usually set to somewhere between 76-78 degrees, but I woke up and the home thermostat say 64, and I nearly did a backflip. I just woke up and the tank looks perfectly fine today, so whatever it was has died off/settled.
I know Im going to get crap for this but I put the heater in a set it to 78, but I dont have a thermometer at the moment so I dont know how much it increased. The fish and corals made it through so it should be ok I think.
How much did you increase the temperature?
A sudden increase in temperature could trigger a bacterial bloom, which does cause clouding.
Well usually I dont use the heater because the house is usually set to somewhere between 76-78 degrees, but I woke up and the home thermostat say 64, and I nearly did a backflip. I just woke up and the tank looks perfectly fine today, so whatever it was has died off/settled.
I know Im going to get crap for this but I put the heater in a set it to 78, but I dont have a thermometer at the moment so I dont know how much it increased. The fish and corals made it through so it should be ok I think.