Tank cloudy

My tank has been cloudy since I got it. It cleared up a bit after a day or two but still isn't perfect. Its not my glass because the rock that is against it looks clear, so it must be the water. Plus if I look down front he top its cloudy too. Thoughts? ​

 

What size tank do you have and what are your params like? Also do you use RO/DI water or use tap?

Edit:

How long has it been setup?

 

How long has the tank been up and cloudy? Did you rinse the sand well before adding it? What do you have for flow? Filtration? What are your parameters?

Also on a side note if you have your rock touching the glass you may want to consider moving it as cleaning the glass will be impossible around that area.

Jake

 

Tank is a 90g that I bought used of CL. It was already setup and running when I got it. I have had it about 2 or 3 weeks now. It has a wet/dry filter on it. I feel like it was clearer and then got cloudy again. I was thinking possible bacterial bloom?

 

Water parameters... everything is perfect except nitrate which is 30ppm

 

It could be a bacterial bloom, perhaps test for ammonia and nitrates and see where they fall.

If you are not using any mechanical filtration like flow/sponge/sock I would start there. Next I would make sure power heads are not stirring up the substrate.

A typical bacterial bloom should subside unless something is feeding it. I would run some new carbon and cut back on feedings and see if that makes a difference.

Good Luck

 

Y know i did start adding a phytofeed to the tank. I added 5ml yesterday and 5ml three days before that... maybe thats what is feeding it?

 

Makes sense, I would start there.

 

I think you're on the right track with the bacterial bloom and phytofeed. Corailline's suggestions are the same as comes to mind here. Good luck getting it under control.

 

try using some chemipure. that works well for me. also, brightwell microbacter works.