Water Cloudy After 1.5 days of Cycling

Hello and thank you for the help in advance. My tank has 32 pounds of live rock and 40 pounds of live sand it is a 29 gallon biocube. I'm using RO water with Reef Crystals. My water was crystal clear the first 24 hours of starting it up I checked the water and it had 8.0 ph , 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 5 Nitrate. I am aware of the nitrogen cycle and I was surprised that there was Nitrate in the water. Now after 1.5 days my water became pretty cloudy from crystal clear, should I be worried, what should I do. Thanks

 

Please help.

 

It's dust from your live sand. When I first set up my tank, it was like milk for a couple days. Just go in there with a turkey baster and blow the dust off your rocks. I suggest running some ultra-fine filtration to help get the dust out of the water. I just threw on a small HOB with some giant cotton balls stuffed inside. Instant clear water.

 

It's dust from your live sand. When I first set up my tank, it was like milk for a couple days. Just go in there with a turkey baster and blow the dust off your rocks. I suggest running some ultra-fine filtration to help get the dust out of the water. I just threw on a small HOB with some giant cotton balls stuffed inside. Instant clear water.

Thanks for the help but it went away in a day. All good now. Do you think I should do a water change before adding a fish because it's been 9 days already and I wanna add a single Royal gramma basslet tomorrow. My PH is 8.2 Ammonia can't tell if 0 or .10 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 2. Thank for the help.

 

Yeah, do a water change. Always do a water change after cycling, since there will be tons of nitrates left over from the process.

 

If you're showing nitrite still you aren't done cycling

 

If you're showing nitrite still you aren't done cycling

Thanks for all the help but I'm having a different problem about 5 days ago my 2 green cromis died which was weird since my Ammonia was 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 PH8.2. I went to the lfs and they did a phosphate test and turns out I had phosphate so I did a water change. Now my Ammonia is 1 Nitrite 1 Nitrate 10 PH8.2 I don't know what to do it's been 16 days since my tank has been setup. Please help.

 

Just keep cycling. If fish are in the tank currently keep ammonia plus nitrites under 1.0 ppm combined. Keep nitrates under 30. If you aren't using prime in that tank pretty much any ammonia over .25 becomes toxic at that temp and ph.

I would add stability or tss+ to that tank again if you did it before.

Wait... what does your tap water test at?

 

Just keep cycling. If fish are in the tank currently keep ammonia plus nitrites under 1.0 ppm combined. Keep nitrates under 30. If you aren't using prime in that tank pretty much any ammonia over .25 becomes toxic at that temp and ph.

I would add stability or tss+ to that tank again if you did it before.

Wait... what does your tap water test at?

I'm currently using RO water and there are no fish.

 

Ok. Then I'd keep each below 2. Don't worry too much about nitrates. What's the ammonia source?

 

Ok. Then I'd keep each below 2. Don't worry too much about nitrates. What's the ammonia source?

Nothing at all that's what's surprising

 

What is in the tank? List every single thing. Your ph doesn't make a lot of sense with the RO water. Are you adding anything to it still?

Nevermind, just saw the crystals. Ignore this post.

 

What is in the tank? List every single thing. Your ph doesn't make a lot of sense with the RO water. Are you adding anything to it still?

32 pounds of live rock. 40 pounds of live sand. Reef crystals salt. That's all and a pair of power heads.

 

What's the big thing in the back of your tank?

 

What's the big thing in the back of your tank?

The power heads

 

What's the big thing in the back of your tank?

 

Is that a background that looks like a giant chunk of rock? What's your substrate?

 

Is that a background that looks like a giant chunk of rock? What's your substrate?

No it's the actual live rock. My substrate is live sand I think that's why my PH is so good.

 

Your live rock could be your ammonia source. Plenty of hitchhikers in that stuff. Other than that I gotta bow out. There's salt in that water and there's not much knowledge there for me other than I don't have the time or guts to attempt it.

 

Your live rock could be your ammonia source. Plenty of hitchhikers in that stuff. Other than that I gotta bow out. There's salt in that water and there's not much knowledge there for me other than I don't have the time or guts to attempt it.

Ok thanks for the help.