How do you recommend i get crystal clear water?

what is the key to crystal clear water? should i run carbon? purigen? what should i do to acheive that? please help!

thanks,
ryan

 

water changes and carbon I would say. How often do you feed your tank? Do you use a protein skimmer? I would remove the bio-balls a few at a time.

 

Both products work well.

 

I heard carbon dosing (vodka, sugar, etc) was the best way to get crystal clear water. better do some serious home work before going that route tho.

~Will.

 

Stick with running carbon, and deff you are not using it yet use some filter floss to help your clarity out here's a link to some and its a cut to fit item...

Link: Aquarium Mechanical Filtration Media: Blue Bonded Filter Pads


Best of luck..!!

 

ya run carbon dont dose unless you have alot of the test kits requeired to do that plus carbon is easier, i use it and love it, look into the ghetto diy reactor thats what im using and it works really well

 

I agree carbon and good mechanical filtration are the key. Also buy lots of filter feeding corals and fill your tank with them

 

+1 on the CARBON!

 

Everyone is correct about the carbon. But I had hazy water and it turned out that I had the skimmer turned down to much. I tuned it up an then the water was clear without any carbon.

Good luck

 

Carbon and Purigen

individually , each is very good at achieving clear water

when both used at same time, you get that "Is there any water in this tank" effect

Steve