Crystal Clear Water Techniques

[Aquaman187]

What's the best way to get crystal clear water ? I even purchased something called crystal clear and it hasn't worked. I have a 10g tank I upgraded the filter to a aqueon that supports 30 -50 gallon tanks but to no avail the water still remains cloudy.

 

[Fishy friend2]

What substrate do you have? Do you have driftwood? What are your water parameters? And what kind of fish do you have? My technique to crystal clear water is good stocking and 50% water changes weekly

 

[snake007]

over filter your tanks, use carbon, low stocking, keep tank clean, regular gravel vacuuming.

 

[Fishy friend2]

You don't need low stocking to keep your tank crystal clear! I've seen really badly overstocked tanks with crystal clear water

 

[fishprotector]

Try using fine filter floss in your filter

 

[snake007]

You don't need low stocking to keep your tank crystal clear! I've seen really badly overstocked tanks with crystal clear water

True but it helps though

 

[Fishy friend2]

Yeah it does

 

[Aquaman187]

I have filter floss in the overkill 50g over the side filter I have the regular aquarium black gravel 7.0ph 1 betta 2 corys and 7 neons.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Have you cleaned the gravel lately, try sticking the end of a gravel vacuum deep into the gravel, and see if it is really dirty, if so I would reccomend doing that continuously for the whole water change time

 

[Guppi32011]

I would recommend using Tetra Aquasafe 5ml per 10 litres of new tap water, works wonders for my tank and helps protect my fish.

 

[Fishy friend2]

I thought that that was water conditioner, not water clarifier

 

[Guppi32011]

I thought that that was water conditioner, not water clarifier

It is but it really helped make my tank crystal clear.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Oh, sorry

 

[Aqua Tom]

Big weekly water changes.


Tom

 

[psychosaffa]

Seachem Purigen, get the 100g in a bag, the stuff works miracles!!! but you need to use it with the purigen prime water conditioner as other water conditioners may make the purigen useless. just be warned that the clear water will show up all the dirt in your tank, thats how good i have found the stuff to be!