Is this safe for my tank

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Crystal Clear Water Clarifier




Clears cloudy or murky water immediately

• Scientifically formulated to coagulate minute particles together so they can be trapped in your aquarium's filter
• Safe for live plants and reef aquariums
• For freshwater and saltwater fish
• Treats 400 gallons

Description
Our Aquarium Products Crystal Clear clears cloudy or murky water immediately. Scientifically formulated to coagulate minute particles together so they can be trapped in your aquarium's filter. Safe for live plants and reef aquariums. For freshwater and saltwater fish. Treats 400 gallons.


It says ‘’ Safe for live plants and reef aquariums’’
Some things say reef safe but there not.
Has any one used it in a tank with coral or anemones?
Dose it work?

 

have/do you run carbon? i would try that first.

 

I do run carbon.

It’s a 10gal, I have a Hob filter rated for a 15-20 gal tank, a few mangroves and some cheto,
The water is a little milky. My clownfish, coral and my new anemone are doing fine.
I do a 2gal water change every week. I just want clear water

 

Sorry I'm not familiar with the product but I personally wouldn't add anything like that unless I absolutely had to since it's just for cosmetic purposes.

How long has the tank been running, and how long has it been cloudy?
If it's just recently setup I would just be patient and let it run it's course, it could either be sand particles or maybe a bacteria bloom, in either case unless you have something in the tank kicking up sand all the time it will clear up on its own.

 

The tank has been set up for 3 or 4 months, I have crushed coral, and it’s been cloudy for 2 weeks.

 

i wouldnt add that stuff, try and post some pictures.

 

I've used it or at least a similar product before, it didn't do anything. Are you using tap water? You could have a bacterial bloom or you could have too much Ca and alk and it could be precipitating, I just had that happen to me, however that tends to go away after a day or so. You can try that stuff, but you should figure out why your water is cloudy first, and try to do something about the source rather than treat the symptoms.

 

All that stuff does IME is stain everything in your tank a Pinky color. It didsnt do jack for the water clarity. I used it on FW however, never tired on my SW.

 

It doesn’t show up very good on the camera, but I will try,


I use tap water run through a Brita filter, we have clean well water, I got the the filtered water tested at my lfs, and they told me that it was clean and I could use it with no problem

 

It would be safe for a reef tank. The main issue with flocculants is you have to have good filtration to remove the aggregated particles and/or bacteria or it might make your water more gray. You would need to borrow someones canister filter or other type of mechanical filtration.

In any case, it sounds very much like a bacterial bloom which means your filtration can't keep up with your bioload.