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Reef Discussion => Reef Discussion => Topic started by: mbettman on March 27, 2018, 18:00:23

Title: cloudy water from new purchase
Post by: mbettman on March 27, 2018, 18:00:23

Purchased 2 fish from local fish store (aquatics galore)
Well I know your going to tell me never to put the bag water in the tank. Sometimes I follow the rules.lol.
Well this time just from 2 bags. 1 fish each bag. My 65 gallon tank which was crystal clear is now cloudy.
Any thoughts?

Title: Re: cloudy water from new purchase
Post by: SweetReefOH on March 27, 2018, 19:34:44

In my humble opinion, the first mistake was purchasing anything from aquatics galore. They are a disgrace to the hobby.
My fear for you is that the store water could have been loaded with copper, medication, decaying matter, etc. How are your parameters testing? Do you have coral/inverts?

Title: Re: cloudy water from new purchase
Post by: joelbegt on March 27, 2018, 19:44:27

Call and ask if they run any preventative dosing in the systems.  Huge % wise water change and polyfilter if they are running copper.

Title: Re: cloudy water from new purchase
Post by: lazylivin on March 27, 2018, 19:57:21

If you find they use copper get yourself a bag of CupriSorb Copper Remover. You can toss in sump and leave it there for a couple months.

Title: Re: cloudy water from new purchase
Post by: mbettman on March 27, 2018, 21:44:38

I added some fresh chemipure. Hopefully tat will help.
Aquarium is full of corals and maybe 6-8 fish.

Title: Re: cloudy water from new purchase
Post by: joelbegt on March 28, 2018, 15:07:02

From what I have read Carbon does not remove heavy metals such as copper.