"Prestine Water" what is the most important factor?

[Scuba Josh]

Those of you in SPS land, what do you think keeps your water so clean? Water changes (some do not), Effecient mechanical filtration(some do not), or Efficient skimming?
I cant manage to get my nitrites down:mad2:

[specsirl]

All of the above

[Bebo77]

lol.. i do them all... best to cover all bases

[MiddletonMark]

Skimming/other export + water changes + balanced stocking + balanced import/export.

IMO, the most key thing is not adding more nutrients than you're pulling out .... which avoiding overstocking can sure help, as can export/skimming.

That said, feeding as much as you can while avoiding adding more than you can remove IMO is the ticket.

[ReefWreak]

Feed less and get rid of your sandbed

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10015045#post10015045 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Scuba Josh
Those of you in SPS land, what do you think keeps your water so clean? Water changes (some do not), Effecient mechanical filtration(some do not), or Efficient skimming?
I cant manage to get my nitrites down:mad2:


HMMMMMM,nitrates.


What substrate do u have?

DSB?
BB
CC.

[PUGroyale]

http://www.scotwoodindustries.com/pics/heat%20pic%20web.jpg +http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d1/180px-Visine.jpg
= Prestine water :D ...I'm kidding... well, half kidding :lol2:

[Nuuze]

Good flow tends to help from stuff settling too...

[MiddletonMark]

If you haven't seen this thread, it's a good one
Let's talk about water quality in an SPS tank. (http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=387360)

[Horace]

I sure hope you dont have NitRITE...and you meant NitRATE. If you have NITRITE, you have ammonia which is bad news.