[jdaniel]

2 months ago I moved my 90 gal reef after it was up for 2 years (removed all sand, rock and 10 gal of old water-reassembled tank). Water is a brown color, doesn't look like diatoms. Nothing growing on rocks, sand or glass. Water is 78 deg., 0 nitrate,0 nitrite,0 ammonia,8.4 ph. Using RO water and instant ocean-1.019 salinity. Only 20 blue hermit crabs in tank, want to clean up water before adding fish...

 

[AZDesertRat]

Place a bag of carbon in a medium flow area or in a reactor like a phosban reactor.

 

[jdaniel]

Thanks, will try that... Thinking about getting a phosban reactor for phosban, didn't know I could use it for other stuff too....

 

[beaslbob]

try killing your lights for a few days. It should clear up.

Also if you don't have macro algaes like chaetomorphia (brillo pad) I would add that in a refugium to balance and stabilize the tank and consume nitrates,phosphates, and carbon dioxide while returning oxygen.


my .02

 

[jdaniel]

Have lights off for 2 days and it is clearing up. Don't have brillo pad in refug, in the area where the flow out is I have alot of grape algae.