crystal clear water

[TheApprentice]

What are your guy's best advice for crystal clear water? Mine is clear, but not where I would like it to be.

coralfarmer! How is the biocube tank up front of the store so clear and also the one in the biggest one in the salt room with the corals for sale?? They are perfectly clear!

thanks guys!

-JON

 

[clayspst]

good water quality

 

[TheApprentice]

0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5ppm nitrate, etc.???? RO water?? like that?

 

[clayspst]

yep but i would drop the nitrates down

 

[northbay-reefer]

Carbon will clear up your water

 

[TheApprentice]

Yeah I just put in a new filter pad thing for the biowheel with a fresh batch of carbon, but I have TONS and TONS of micro bubbles from my skimmer and biowheel. sucks.

 

[Paul B]

The best fastest way, diatom filter. I wouldn't live without one

 

[sulcata1619]

I wouldn't use the biowheel.

 

[coralfarmer]

It's brand new give it some time it will clear on its own. just dial in your skimmer and it will be clear in a week

 

[TheApprentice]

what do you mean dial in the skimmer? Move the cup position so that it is in the right place you mean?

 

[Reefer Brian]

Bio wheels are old school. Lost of surface movement is key also. Skimmer....what kind do you have?

 

[TheApprentice]

I have an Aqua C remora skimmer set for a 55 and i have a 29.

As for the biowheel it came from my 10 gallon freshwater tank and I figured I would just put it on there for good measure.