crystal clear water ???

dallascowboys2

dallascowboys2

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how do i get crystal clear water? when i do a 20% water change my water is crystal clear for about a week then it starts to look like particals are always floating around. i change my mechanical filtration every three or four days but it looks like dibree floating around . any ideas?
 
btldreef

btldreef

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I do a 10-15% water change weekly to keep my water clean. Every time a slack a week, by the end of the second, the water gets icky.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3152781
I do a 10-15% water change weekly to keep my water clean. Every time a slack a week, by the end of the second, the water gets icky.
HMMM...I try to do bi-weekly water changes....if I miss a week, my water never gets cloudy..
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3152783
HMMM...I try to do bi-weekly water changes....if I miss a week, my water never gets cloudy..
It doesn't get cloudy. I'm meticulous about my water clarity. So my idea of "icky" water is probably what everyone else looks like normally, LOL. If that makes sense
We're really on top of water changes and what not. Especially right now with the new tank. We're in the market for a bigger protein skimmer, just haven't decided on what we want so we've been running a skimmer that isn't big enough for the tank, so water changes are really important right now.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by dallascowboys2
http:///forum/post/3152789
so every 2 weeks.
That works for me...IDK what you have in your tank...so why don't you tell your tank inhabitants
also...do you run carbon? is all your filtration in that sump??
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by dallascowboys2
http:///forum/post/3152797
yes its all in sump and my bag of carbon is about 3 months old
3 months????? I run NO carbon in my 225G, my 54G and I have none in my 20G at the moment....
BUT...if you are having cloudy water issues....you need to change the carbon more often....I had a cloudy water issue in my 225G...ran carbon for 2 weeks, changing it every 3 days...it took 2 weeks for it to clear...has been crystal clear ever since....
as I asked before....what is your livestock???
 
dallascowboys2

dallascowboys2

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3152805
3 months????? I run NO carbon in my 225G, my 54G and I have none in my 20G at the moment....
BUT...if you are having cloudy water issues....you need to change the carbon more often....I had a cloudy water issue in my 225G...ran carbon for 2 weeks, changing it every 3 days...it took 2 weeks for it to clear...has been crystal clear ever since....
as I asked before....what is your livestock???
the water is not cloudy but looks like particles floteing around. my live stock is 2 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint, some snails and hermit crabs,4 green chromis, 1 purple dottyback, 1royal gramma, 1 foxface, 1yellow tang, 2 clowns, 2 fire fish, 1 lawnmower blenny and some soft and hard coral
 
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