water question

[acesn8s]

befor I ask, here's the stats: 75 gal tank, 30 gal sump, 100 lbs live rock, 4in sand bed, skimmer, pre-filter w/carbon 200 watt lite...dragon goby, mandarin, foxface rabbitfish, percula, purple tip sebae, tiger tail cucumber, purple mushroom rock, and a healthy clump of caulupa algae (sp?) ...all of a sudden my water is milky?? all tests show good, I'm at a loss...any ideas??

[spineshank385]

define "good"

post your specific parameters

[acesn8s]

sg 1.023, ammonia 0 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 ph 8.3 phosphate 0, I add b-ionic 1 and 2 when needed, calcium and alkalinity are good (according to lfs) I test it myself as well but my book isn't currently here with the actual numbers in front of me and I didn't remember them exactly..lfs wont sell fish till they test your water to see if it is ok for the animal...(never heard of that b4 till I moved here to florida)

[acesn8s]

forgot, temp is 80, and have a spraybar on top, powerhead below..I'm stumped, never had this b4, and it happened in the last 24 hours, I have not added b-ionic in the last week...

[mg426]

Did the calurpa do anything weird ???

[techrach]

Algae Bloom of Calcium precip

[techrach]

I meant algae bloom or cal precip not of LOL

[acesn8s]

it blew around in the tank, end tips got a little white, but the rabbitfish is going crazy eating it, he loves it...I am re-testing water right now with new tests...so far only 1 thing way out of whack...nitrates are really high...dont know why, be back in min with all results...

[acesn8s]

seanalysis test reads mequ/l=4.75, dKh=13.3 ppm CaCO3=237.5, and all other results were the same except nitrates...

[acesn8s]

I thought of algae bloom, but isnt that yellow like?? what is the cal precip?

[mg426]

Its when your ca and alk reach the point where they can no longer stay in the water. Your tank becomes very cloudy / milky looking. Takes really high levels to make it happen.

[acesn8s]

how do I fix it??