Re: Reef Turned White Please Help with Suggestions!!!!!

White Cloudy Water:
White cloudiness is usually the result of a bacteria bloom. Keep a careful
check on ammonia levels, if the bacteria is a result on bacteria die off,
you may experience increased ammonia levels and your tank maybe recycling.
Bacteria also consume oxygen, so just as with an algae bloom, you want to
increase circulation while treating the tank.

Causes:
Medical treatment of your aquarium that has destroyed the bacteria colonies.
(Not all medicines will destroy the bacteria but some will).
As in algae, high nutrient levels can also trigger a bacteria bloom (In this
case, they are feeding on the excess nutrients)
Sometimes the cleaning of all filters at once, or the changing of the gravel
can trigger a bacteria bloom, due to the removal of bacterial colonies that
had settled on the filter media or substrate.
Solutions
As with algae, you need to control the nutrient level of the tank. Once you
control this, the bacteria bloom will usually go away on it's own.
If your tank is recycling and filled with expensive fish, you may want to
consider the use of zeolites to absorb the ammonia while your tank finishes
the cycle. This will extend the time that the tank needs to complete the
cycle though.



"Groovok" <groovok@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My buddy's got a 55 gallon Reef tank with a 29 gallon sump. Last night at
2am when he went to bed, everything was fine. Tank was Crystal Clear. This
morning 6 hours later, his tank was completely white, u couldnt' even see
inside the tank AT ALL.
All his fish, except two Perppermint Shrimp are dead. Everything died, 6
Blue Chromis, Maroon Clown, Purple Tang, Harlequin Shrimp, Emrald Crabs,
Cleaner Shrimp, Fire Shrimp, Electric Scallop. Everything!!!
The Corals seem to be opening up now alittle but what the hell do u think
happened??
Like I said, last night, Everything seemed to be fine, six hours later
Disaster.
He just started working at a LFS a couple months ago, and he "had" to goto
work this morning. I am going to take him up a water sample asap so I
dont' have any reading at this time.
Any Ideas, help, Suggestions. And Since EVerything died, I assume getting
the Coral Outta there asap would also be Vital.



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