I have a 40 gallon breeder. I have an aqua c remora HOB protein skimmer . I noticed that it was not pulling anything into the collection cup so I took the skimmer out and cleaned it. I put it back in the tank and also cleaned the two power heads.The skimmer was pulling a wet yet green skim so I thought noting of it. I saw that the sand was looking a bit nasty so i stirred it up. Immediately the tank clouded up. Now its been about a week and the water is very cloudy I can not see through to the other side . I did a 10% water change yesterday and I feel that made it worse.
The skimmer is filling up very fast and with mostly water. I have to empty the collection cup once a day sometimes twice. I took the cup out thinking that maybe the skimmer has to break in again. I also turned off the power heads hoping that the fine sand would rest. I did a test and its not Amonia Nitrite or Trates my PH is at about 8.0 .
So confused and I don't want to harm my fish or blow a lot of money to fix it !!!
tank stock:
45 LBS live rock
3 Green Chromis
2 Clowns
Zooanthids
Xenia
Frog spawn
yellow polyp