Cloudy Water

[CoralJunkie]

Every so often I get gross green cloudy water in my display from the chaeto. Anyone have tips on clearing this up quickly or possibly a permanent fix other than getting rid of the chaeto ?

 

[Zirky]

Change your carbon

 

[CoralJunkie]

Not running carbon lol maybe i should start then. I'll give it a try thank you

 

[Zirky]

I run a pretty big refugium packed w chetto,I harvest about 3 gallons twice a month and my water still gets cloudy if I'm not on top of my carbon

 

[CoralJunkie]

I run a pretty big refugium packed w chetto,I harvest about 3 gallons twice a month and my water still gets cloudy if I'm not on top of my carbon

What light do you use for your chaeto?

 

[Zirky]

Maxisun 300 watt dimmable,

 

[CoralJunkie]

Maxisun 300 watt dimmable,

What brand carbon do you run? How long is your light cycle for chaeto?

 

[Zirky]

Right now I'm running Red Sea carbon ive run aquaforest and brs rox, haven't seen much difference. I run my light 9 pm to 9 am. My ph jumps from 8.3 ish to 8.6ish so I've been slowly turning my light down. Also I used to dose small amounts of iron.

 

[CoralJunkie]

I just set up a carbon reactor yesterday in the sump so fingers crossed it clears my water because for some reason right now it's green! Literally green!

 

[CoralJunkie]

Should I turn the tank lights off for a couple days?