Cloudiness, is it because I am underfiltering?

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

Good to hear that nitrites and ammonia are zero. No reason to change water beyond your regular intervals for now.

You feed a lot of frozen goodies. Make sure to thaw everything prior to feeding, and dispose of the runoff juices. They bring a lot of unnecessary nutrients into the tank. If your fish are in good health, it wouldn't hurt to stop feeding alltogether for a week or so in order to minimize nutrient inflow and to give bacteria a chance to catch up. However, your needlefish might find mollies tasty when it's hungry

Good luck,
HarleyK

ps
get a bigger outlet extension cord for your set-up so that you can hook up a good canister when you have a chance (and $)

 

[mac]

did you rise the crushed coral before you dumped it in


add some filter floss to the filters

 

[RadleyMiller]

Howdy,

Good to hear that nitrites and ammonia are zero. No reason to change water beyond your regular intervals for now.

You feed a lot of frozen goodies. Make sure to thaw everything prior to feeding, and dispose of the runoff juices Sometimes I am in a hurry, will not do that anymore. They bring a lot of unnecessary nutrients into the tank. If your fish are in good health, it wouldn't hurt to stop feeding alltogether for a week or so in order to minimize nutrient inflow and to give bacteria a chance to catch up. However, your needlefish might find mollies tasty when it's hungry
Big Deal! Haha My blue crab claimed another victim today. Another fiddler, and I think he ate 2 of the gobies as well. Ahh, he is driving me nuts, must get another tank.
Good luck,
HarleyK

ps
get a bigger outlet extension cord for your set-up so that you can hook up a good canister when you have a chance (and $)

I may, once I get the money for the lighting and everything I will have more places to plug things and I may get a canister filter. I was even thinking about a diatom filter as well.

did you rise the crushed coral before you dumped it in

yes I did, but I stil had a cloud, but I resolved it with some SeaChem Clarity, thanks for the help
add some filter floss to the filtersyea, the 350s have space for 4 filter cartridges in each of them so each has for. I put some Aqupura floss in the two pumps and I put little carbon things on the two powerhead intakes that I rigged up. You can find that thread in another forum.

Thanks Harley and Mac!