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Old 03/30/2007, 10:29 PM
daddyyankee daddyyankee is offline
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Cool Question about foggy water?

I have a 55 gallon tank and all of a sudden its looking very foggy or cloudy. I need some help it looks ugly
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Old 03/30/2007, 10:33 PM
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What kind of equipment do you have in/on it? Did you make any additions or changes to the tank?
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Old 03/31/2007, 08:27 AM
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equip

I have a 75 gallon penguin filter and a protein skimmer.
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Old 03/31/2007, 09:23 AM
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Have you been dosing calcium at all. I have had this same problem early in my days, nd it was from dosing too much calcium and not testing for it.

All I did was leave it alone for about 2 weeks doing nothing but water top offs, and it cleared itself up.
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Old 03/31/2007, 09:38 PM
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Does it look like underwater smoke? If so, it might just be a microscopic bacterial bloom, you can do a water change or just let it pass on its own/
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Old 03/31/2007, 09:46 PM
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It's more than likely either calcium precipitation or a bacterial bloom, as others have stated.
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