| Everyone wants a crystal clear marine aquarium to | | | | causing the cloudy look to the water. Sometimes it |
| showcase their saltwater fish. But sometimes the | | | | can be a bacterial bloom in the water that was |
| opposite happens and your water appears cloudy and | | | | brought about by a wide variety of reasons. |
| dirty. Most of the time you can trace this to to much | | | | How You Can Get Your Aquarium Water Crystal |
| debris in the water. This can happen for a variety of | | | | Clear Again |
| reasons but the common causes are as follows: | | | | But if you are unable to get your water to clear up in |
| Common Reasons For Cloudy Saltwater Aquariums | | | | a few days you may need to take some action. To |
| - The aquarium owner stirred up the debris that was | | | | combat a cloudy saltwater aquarium try the following. |
| settled in the gravel beds during routine maintenance | | | | - Change 30% of the tanks water with saltwater |
| - There is a fish that likes to dig or burrow in the | | | | that is the same temperature and salinity as your |
| gravel or sand causes fine particles to be dispersed | | | | aquariums water. |
| into the water column. | | | | - Change and replace all filter pad material and replace |
| - The marine aquarium owner used very fine sand | | | | any activated carbon you maybe using |
| that is being blown around by the water current in | | | | - Reduce the amount of fish food you add to the |
| the tank | | | | tank |
| - You have under powered filters and may need to | | | | If these steps do not clear up your saltwater fish |
| increase the size of your filters | | | | tank you may want to try one of the readily |
| In most cases the cloudiness will disappear on its own | | | | available marine tank clarifiers on the market, just |
| and you will not have to do much to get your marine | | | | make sure to follow the directions on the bottle |
| tank clear again.But sometimes it is not dirt that is | | | | when adding them to your tank. |