How do you keep your water crystal clear?
- Thread starter Wulfonce
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Highly reccomend it and the stuffs dirt cheap.
the biggest tip is not to overfeed.
if you are doing water changes weekly, have decently filtration and still have cloudy water, your probably overfeeding a bit.
most of the time, when I used to have customers with cloudy water, cutting back on the feeding always did the trick.
often what you think is the right amount, is often a little excess.
my rememdy for cloudy water was quite simple:
do a regular 1/3d water change, feed every other day for a week.
that usually cleared the tank up perfectly.
then, resume feeding each day, (only once) and monitor water clarity accordingly.
if the tank starts to look hazy, do a normal water change.
there really is no magic to it.
its a simple formula: don't overfeed, do water changes with gravel vacs weekly, and you should be fine (assuming normal stocking levels of course)
I have never had to use fine filtration pads or anything like that and my water has always been crystal clear, even with big fish.. there should be no need if feeding and regular maintainence is done properly.
if you are doing water changes weekly, have decently filtration and still have cloudy water, your probably overfeeding a bit.
most of the time, when I used to have customers with cloudy water, cutting back on the feeding always did the trick.
often what you think is the right amount, is often a little excess.
my rememdy for cloudy water was quite simple:
do a regular 1/3d water change, feed every other day for a week.
that usually cleared the tank up perfectly.
then, resume feeding each day, (only once) and monitor water clarity accordingly.
if the tank starts to look hazy, do a normal water change.
there really is no magic to it.
its a simple formula: don't overfeed, do water changes with gravel vacs weekly, and you should be fine (assuming normal stocking levels of course)
I have never had to use fine filtration pads or anything like that and my water has always been crystal clear, even with big fish.. there should be no need if feeding and regular maintainence is done properly.
I have two little 45-60g HOB filters on my 150 w/ a dovii breeding pair and a 12" pleco. It was never really crystal clear until I bought some Seachem Purigen and used it. I love that stuff now.
you should really look into a diatom filter. best $100 i ever spent. you dont know "crystal clear" water until youve used one
what I was kind of getting at with my post was that you can have all the filtration in the world, but if your overfeeding your tank and you have a bacterial bloom (ie hazy water) which often is a result of overfeeding, the extra filtration isn't going to help you.
the tank will still be hazy no matter how much filtration you have going on it..
the tank will still be hazy no matter how much filtration you have going on it..
This is good advice. Start with this.