cloudy water in oceanic biocube

northcarolinagirl

I don't know what's going on but repeatedly we get cloudy water in our 14 gal oceanic bio cube. There appears to be a film on top and now we see some sort of white growth along the flexible tubing. Just yesterday it looked fine. What are we doing wrong w/this tank? We are starting to think we made a bad purchase & should have stuck w/ standard set up like our 30+gal & 10gal freshwater tank. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lupin

Probably bacterial bloom which has been discussed in this thread.
http://www.fishforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5584

Film could be protein which can be removed by surface agitation of the water surface. An airpump setup complete with airstone and tubing will do the trick.:)

I'm not sure about white growth but could be particles binded by water conditioner if you had used one.;)