White speaks in my water

[razor vampire]

There is all this tiny white suff swimming around my water. It's not air for sure. Ever since I put my live rocks in all this white cloud speaks been swimming around.
Do you think it may be from the live rocks? I just put in my first fish today. Blue damels.

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by Razor Vampire
There is all this tiny white suff swimming around my water. It's not air for sure. Ever since I put my live rocks in all this white cloud speaks been swimming around.
Do you think it may be from the live rocks? I just put in my first fish today. Blue damels.
Did you cycle the tank and live rock? It might be Live rock residue or die off.

 

[rabbit_72]

How about calcium? I hear too high of calcium causes "snow", white flakes of calcium floating around the tank.

 

[aztec reef]

It could also just be detrius or dust/particles/die-off from new liverock..do you have a HOB filter? do you have good water movement? if yes running carbon would cristalize your water..

 

[aztec reef]

Originally Posted by rabbit_72
How about calcium? I hear too high of calcium causes "snow", white flakes of calcium floating around the tank.

yeah but being a new tank i doubt that's what it is..and the white specs started right after he put the LR in..

 

[razor vampire]

I just brought a new tank, with filters.
Is high calcium bad? I don't think my rocks are dead, it's has alot of white spots along with pink and purple color.

 

[rabbit_72]

Originally Posted by Razor Vampire
I just brought a new tank, with filters.
Is high calcium bad? I don't think my rocks are dead, it's has alot of white spots along with pink and purple color.

High calcium affects pH and that could be bad. Don't know what white specks are on the LR, but the pink and purple could be coralliine algae and that's good.
Other than that, a good filter system should take care of floating as well as carbon as mentioned before.
Can you post pics of your tank? That would help figure out what's going on.