Clear water

[murfman]

How do you keep your water clear? I always have floaties in my water colum and am curious how everyone else does it. I skim 24/7 and use fiber floss in two places in my fuge/sump to catch any detritus that is trying to return to the display tank. I also run ozone through my skimmer.

 

[normanviking]

Does that bother you? i am guessing yes. That would be a lot of floss and filters to catch everything I guess. This seems like what is life question? lol

 

[murfman]

There is a nano tank going against Eric that is totally clear, its like looking through air. Eric's cube was clear like that too.

 

[calvin415]

Murph, what pump are you using on your sump return? Maybe try reducing the flow through your sump???

 

[Mustang394]

I use pure-flo pads to clear my water column. Very fine stuff if your water must flow thru it and it clogs you could be in for a flood. I never totally block the water path with it and it does wonders to clear all that fine stuff floating in your water.

 

[murfman]

Eric, I have the pump throttled back a little to drop the water level in the main tank. Flow through the sump is not very high.

Keith, I can take about 25 gallons in the sump before I flood.

I think what I am seeing is sand particles stirred up by my 1) Clown 2) Pink Spotted Goby 3) my Leopard and Coris Wrasses) 4) my Blennies

Looking at Cris Capp's web site; http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1046033

Check out his portfolio and tanks, that is the kind of water I want!!!

 

[Deuce67]

Your tank looks clear to me everytime I see it Paul. Is there some tint in the water? I havent seen your new setup but could the CL be blowing your sandbed a bit? I think Cris's is a low e or acrylic tank. I would think that would make a difference in water appearance I would think. I could be wrong though. Evertime I look at Reefkoi's tank, it looks really clear to me.

 

[rekn]

maybe its the lighting?


wipe off your glasses paul, your tank is beyond awesome.

 

[murfman]

maybe when I shift to 14000k it will look like I want it. Thanks for the kudos though.

 

[reefkoi]

Speaking of lights which 14K are you doing? The ebay jobbies?
Chris

 

[Bebo77]

also when people take pic of their tanks they usually turn the pumps off... this helps make the water look clearer..

 

[murfman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9262846#post9262846 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefkoi
Speaking of lights which 14K are you doing? The ebay jobbies?
Chris

Yep, I think so.