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shawnriv
10/18/2014, 01:23 PM
Hi Everyone,

Today I did my usual weekly tank maintenance and did a 10% water change. I also dosed my tank a little while ago with Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium, (since my levels were low) and about an hour later my entire tank is very, very cloudy. I have dosed before in the past but never seen the entire tank become cloudy. Is this something I should worry about?

Thanks!
Daniel62
10/18/2014, 09:57 PM
probably a precipitation event. it will be all right. the amount of additives were the same as usual? maybe you added them together to soon. do you test before you add?
shawnriv
10/18/2014, 10:31 PM
probably a precipitation event. it will be all right. the amount of additives were the same as usual? maybe you added them together to soon. do you test before you add?

Yes, I do test before I add. I am pretty sure it was just adding the Ca, Alk, and Mg two soon in between. I usually wait around 15 minutes before adding another dose (i.e. Alk after Ca). About four hours later the tank has cleared up. Thanks for the response!