Tanks been set up for 3 weeks

[cartman101]

and its a little cloudy, just a little. Is it normal or is something wrong?
Ammonia-0
Nirtite-0
nitrate-0
ph-8.2
salt-1.025

 

[nanoreef]

Are you useing any carbon ?

 

[cartman101]

yup

 

[cartman101]

so i asume no one knows why

 

[exile415]

give us more info .. tank size, how much LR,LS,whats your filtration ..

 

[cartman101]

125gal, 3'' deep sand bed, 50lbs of rocks, emporer 400 filtration, powerhead 1200, and hooking the skimmer up tomarrow

 

[cartman101]

so know one knows

 

[cartman101]

there is NO ONE here that knows??

Finally i have stomped everyone :cheer:

 

[birdy]

What about Ca and alk readings.
I have had a couple tanks that take a really long time to clear up. Running the skimmer did the trick on one of them.
If your Ca and alk are out of wack that can cause cloudiness also.

 

[cartman101]

i dont have anything that test alk. and Ca

 

[jcrim]

Did you have live sand, or regular sand? If it is regular aquarium sand, did you rinse it thouroughly before adding it? That stuff creates a ton of dust and you have a pretty deep bed of it.

 

[hot883]

Originally Posted by Cartman101
125gal, 3'' deep sand bed, 50lbs of rocks, emporer 400 filtration, powerhead 1200, and hooking the skimmer up tomarrow
If your sand was not rinsed it may take awhile especially with only the little filtration you have on such a large tank. IMO you need about 4 more PH and 2 more 400's. Just my $.02

 

[cartman101]

Originally Posted by jcrim
Did you have live sand, or regular sand? If it is regular aquarium sand, did you rinse it thouroughly before adding it? That stuff creates a ton of dust and you have a pretty deep bed of it.
Yeah, i rinsed it. Plus i used some live sand from my old tank

 

[newfishguy]

IMO you need another powerhead to increase water circulation. It might just take some time which is what I have been told. I have cloudy water in my qt and it only had saltwater in it until yesterday when I added some lr.
Originally Posted by Cartman101
and its a little cloudy, just a little. Is it normal or is something wrong?
Ammonia-0
Nirtite-0
nitrate-0
ph-8.2
salt-1.025

 

[cartman101]

hey my tanks clear this morning!

 

[newfishguy]

Excellent! Did you do anything different or did it just clear up on its own?
Originally Posted by Cartman101
hey my tanks clear this morning!