Cloudy 65 gallon reef tank?

[bjftanker]

My 65gallon reef tank has been up and running for aliitle over a month now. I know its going through alot of changes. But why is the water so cloudy? looking from one end to the other end i cant even see it. So visibilty is low. I tested my water and had someone look at it. They said it tested out okay. Is there some sort of additive or chemical i should add to the tank?

 

[Opcn]

Did you wash your sand? If the water quality is good but the turbidity is high then Its probably dust, water polishing diatom filters would clean it up, or a water change.

Was it cloudy from the start?

Are you sure its not a biological problem, uncured LR or lots of dead critters?

HTH

 

[bjftanker]

Yeah im not really sure. When i first started the tank up the water was pretty clear. I dont even have any sand in this new tank. I dont think it has much to do with the live rock because it came out of another tank that i have had for a while. But i have noticed that some of my snails have died? Could that be the problem? I asked a guy at the lfs and he acted like snails die all the time and that its normal. So i really dont know what to do. I was thinking about adding some carbon to the tank to see what that does. I heard that works sometimes.

 

[Opcn]

Sounds to me like a bacterial bloom in regards to an excess of dead stuff, Let the tank sit for a month or so in the dark and it shoudl clear up

 

[Navarre]

what is the SG of the tank> is it possible that there is still undesolved salts in the water? this would mean a very HIGH SG rating and could cause snail deaths. regardless though, the snails should be removed if they are still in the tank.