Aquarium super cloudy after power-outage

[Yams]

Hey all,

After last nights power outages, my power came back around 1pm.... from 7pm -> 1pm, 18hrs give or take, aquarium was super cloudy. The ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrites all showing 0 by my count...

Why would it have went cloudy? its a moderately planted aquarium (55gal), the 2x20gal tanks and the 16gal were fine.

[morrom]

I am having the same problem in my 26G FW set up, every thing is fine other wise. I'm sure it will pass but its a little odd for an algae bloom to show up like that.

[Yams]

Thats my thought exactly... I do my water changes... 15% every 4 days or so.... never had a real algae problem, maybe when the filter was turned off for a while than turned back on it dislodged some stuff and threw it back into the aquarium, only idea I have...

[robt18]

What type of filter are you running and how old is your test kit?

[wandmangels]

You guys are lucky....our Power was out for 33hrs...same issue with cloudy water when the lights came on @ 4am tues but has now cleared up

[az]

running carbon will clear things up fast.

[magnosis]

Just a tought...

Maybe your bacteria colony inside the filters started to die ? And when power came back, all the decaying matter detached from the filter media and went in the water column ?

I'm saying this because I recently asked how long would a canister filter stay alive when unplugged.  This was one answer:

I wouldn't go more than 24 hours - my understanding is that the bacteria is aerobic so its needs oxygen to survive. Once the filter stops circulating, the bacteria starts to die off...

[Yams]

Test kit is new,

I am running 1x Eheim 2227 Wet/Dry filter, and
                     1x Marineland C160 Canister Filter

So.... a little overfiltration, but a little overpopulation in the tank as well.

[Yams]

Oh...and the water is clear now.