how do i get my water "clear"

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by Seamazter

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.

water purity is not synonymous with clarity.

The op is talking about water clarity here and not the level of contaminants in the water.

These two things do play a role in one anothers level but you can have perfect water paramaters with cloudy or even yellow tinged water.

If your water clarity does not stem from nitrate or ammonis levels, I fail to see how Zeo and or Bio Pellets will make any impact...
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and filter socks are quite fallable, if you leave them for even a little too long, your going to have a hige build up of undisolved organics and sediment...a huge problem just waiting to manifest itself.

I believe the "what more" that the OP is asking for is something does doesn't require 2 or 3 times weekly maintenance....


Coral snow is a great fix for water clarity and great for coral PE too...

I run carbon (changed monthly), dose about 2ml of coral snow a day and am very happy with my water clarity.

[MitchM]

For any tank in general, the best way to achieve crystal clear water is:

-bare bottom tank
-very strong alternating water flow and circulation to sump
-fine mesh filter socks on water entering a sump
-strong skimmer
-GAC changed out every few weeks

However, with the corals you presently have in your tank, that would not be not a healthy environment for them.

Are you sure you want a crystal clear tank?

Mitch