Hello all, my 180 gallon planted setup has been suffering from a cloudy water situation for about a month now. The water isn't green or any particular color, just hazy, like your looking through fog. This is a new setup and my first planted tank. I intend to research the cause of the cloudiness on my own but I want to make sure that my filtration system is at least considered adequate.

My filtration consists of a dual reef style overflow system dropping water into stock All Glass Aquarium sump (model 4). Filtration in the sump is nothing more than a 1 inch layer of filter media (relatively coarse) in a tray with bioball material underneath. I haven't had issues with amonia etc. and I have a pretty high fish load so from a biological processing standpoint the system seems to work.

I am curious to know if I am I missing any basics like carbon or a finer mesh media in the system.

Thanks for any inpu
Aaron