rolling smoke

nightmare11 · 03-20-2005, 08:26 AM

What causes what looks like rolling smoke in my 55 gal. Puffer and trigger fish with emperor 500 filter?

Matt Rogers · 03-20-2005, 08:34 AM

I had this the other day. I thought it was some kind of discharge from my corals after doing a water change. Can you take a pic?

nightmare11 · 03-20-2005, 08:42 AM

not right now i can't. It just looks really cloudy with whitish rolling smoke in it.

Matt Rogers · 03-20-2005, 08:51 AM

Do you have corals? What kind of inverts?

pdlman · 03-20-2005, 10:01 AM

depending on what kind of salt you use, you might be percipitating calcium from the water and the LR, after the increase in alkalinity-creating a smoke look which is blown around by the power heads. I will also get that effect after adding Seachem Marine Buffer

Phil5613 · 03-21-2005, 03:59 PM

also hard water with lesser quality salt will do this, can you give more details? also a sign of new tank syndrome