It is about a week and a half since I set up my 24g aquapod. I tested everything last night to see where everything was at for cycling period. I come home from work to find that there looks to be a cloudy haze in the water. What could this be? I have nothing in the tank yest except for macro algae, live rock, and micro algae growing everywhere.
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- Thread starter Daggnabit
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And what were your parameters? 
This is about the time spikes in bacterial blooms occur. Great opportunity to do a partial water change. Ensure that flow isn't just dusting up some substrate and check your calcium levels if you are dosing. When in doubt, water change IMO.
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This is about the time spikes in bacterial blooms occur. Great opportunity to do a partial water change. Ensure that flow isn't just dusting up some substrate and check your calcium levels if you are dosing. When in doubt, water change IMO. :bash1:
As of last night before this started to happen:
Calcium: 440
Ammonia: 0
Carbon Hardness: 10 dKH
Phosphate: 0
Nitrate: 0
Nitrite: 0
pH: 8.3-8.4ish
Specific Gravity: 1.023
I will have to test this again but it wont be until tomorrow. Maybe it will give some insight once I run the tests again.
Calcium: 440
Ammonia: 0
Carbon Hardness: 10 dKH
Phosphate: 0
Nitrate: 0
Nitrite: 0
pH: 8.3-8.4ish
Specific Gravity: 1.023
I will have to test this again but it wont be until tomorrow. Maybe it will give some insight once I run the tests again.
TimSchmidt
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Not sure exactly but I wouldn't worry too much. Are you dosing anything though? Also did you mix the salt and water before adding to the tank or did you mix it IN the tank (fine for the very first time).
TimSchmidt
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pH buffer? May be due to that (the clouding probably isn't anything to worry about).