EMERHENCY!

[stillballin145]

OK , NEWBIE HERE...MY TANK HAS BEEN SET UP FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NOW...GOT 2 DAMSELS AND A PEPPERMINT,SOME CRABS AND SNAILS...LAST NITE I THREW IN A CLEANER SHRIMP, AND I ALSO BOUGHT 'SEACHEM REEF CALCIUM' ALL I HAVE IS LIVE ROCK BUT I HEARD THE CALCIUM IS GOOD FOR MY TANK.SO I PUT IN THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF CALCIUM AND THIS MORNING EVRYTHING LOOKED GREAT...LEFT, AND CAME BACK NOW TO SEE MY TANK AS CLOUDY AS CAN BE, I CAN BARELY SEE THE BACKROUND.BUT THE FISH AND ALL SEEM TO BE LOOKING GOOD.I NEED HELP!! WHAT DO I DO ?? WILL IT GO AWAY OR WHAT ?? ALSO, THE BACK OF THE BOTTLE READS " COLOR AND CLARITY WILL VARY BETWEEN LOTS" WATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN AND WHAT SHOULD I DO ? PLEASE HELP!!

 

[stillballin145]

BY THE WAY, ITS A 20G LONG

 

[st.anger]

could be a bacteria bloom... are you running a protien skimmer?
it could just be from the added calcium, is your protien skimmer over skimming?

 

[stillballin145]

im running the skimmer built in from the filter. how do i know if it is over skimming ? also cant it just be from the added calcium ?

 

[st.anger]

if its over skimming your colection cup will be full of mostly water and not the normal guck, it might just be from the added calcium, id you pre stir it into an container with tank water of just add it right too the tank?

 

[wayne]

I'd guess you've got a chemical stowstorm. What's your Gh and kH? Guess a mismatch in these and add Calcium Chloride, and .... it's snowing !