how do i get my water "clear"

Milad · #1 08-23-2010, 12:53 AM

whats best way to get the water clear from junk floating around
I have a filter sock but its starting to get annoying changing it every 3 days. is there other options?

BlueTang<3 · #2 08-23-2010, 12:57 AM

coral snow helps.. are you running carbon ?

burrows14 · #3 08-23-2010, 01:00 AM

Try brightwell microbacter7 also. Ive used it fir a couple of weeks and am very happy with the results

Milad · #4 08-23-2010, 01:05 AM

no carbon

Milad · #5 08-23-2010, 01:07 AM

how does the coral snow work? just squirt some in the tank every other day or so?

BlueTang<3 · #6 08-23-2010, 01:12 AM

Well carbon will work a lot with water clarity. Coral snow dose daily and water is crystal clear after.

DiverDude · #7 08-23-2010, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Milad

whats best way to get the water clear from junk floating around
I have a filter sock but its starting to get annoying changing it every 3 days. is there other options?

The sock is clearly (pun intended) doing exactly what you want. They are cheap, don't take any power, can't really 'fail', etc.

Not to be snyde or anything, but what more could you ask ?

lockrookie · #8 08-23-2010, 03:04 AM

i use ozone my water was greenish/yellowish and it drove me crazy hooked up an ozone generator to my skimmer with a orp controller. and now im happier.

Seamazter · #9 08-23-2010, 03:56 AM

Unclear water is mostly produced but too much particulate in your water column.
Mostly carbon will remove yellowing and some waste and hard metals from your water,, also does very well at removing chemicals and additives with the downside being it removed many trace elements from the water. It does also help provide a breeding area for beneficial bacteria.

The filter sock does a perfect job at removing particles from your system, does nothing to the water chemistry at all that i know of.
Additives like coral snow do feed corals, help remove the food source from many bad algae and bacterial blooms, and does help clear your water and remove red slime bacteria.

The biggest improvements on clear water is running the bio-pellets and zeo rocks. Every guy that runs these can attest to having the most pure water, and mostly the best tanks ive seen are running zeo rocks, and some of the chemical regiment. Bio-pellets do help but not as much as the zeo.

fkshiu · #10 08-23-2010, 06:03 AM

Coral Snow is a fine clay mixture that acts as both a flocculant and a pH stabilizer, I believe.

As a flocculant, its clay particles adhere to the little bits and pieces floating about and then they are skimmed out by your skimmer.

The clay has a secondary effect of neutralizing acids in the water column preventing lower pH which would explain why it also has an effect on cyanobacteria.