crystal clear water

[FavaBean]

I was wondering how many people that keep a tank just use the rock for filtration... I have a 6 gallon that I have set up that is looking alittle cloudy... I have chemi pure in it... It has been up since middle of jan... I have tested everything seems good... My temp is about 79.... I want clear water so how many people just use the rock to filter

[dwd5813]

i run a small amount of carbon in my tank but aside from the lr that's the only filtration and if i clean the glass it looks like there's no water in the tank.

[drparker]

carbon, skimmer and LR is all I use regularly. When I do a good cleaning by scraping all the glass and blowing off the rocks, I'll use a filter sock overnight and then remove.

[smalls383]

Your going to need to run some type of mechanical filtration like a filter sock......if you cant fit that in your setup then perhaps a HOB filter of some sort....they are very cheap these days. Either would help clear the small particles in the water

[singold]

Run Carbon

[cslabrecque]

seachem purigen also works good

[Mopar Reefer]

+1

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14468243#post14468243 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drparker
carbon, skimmer and LR is all I use regularly. When I do a good cleaning by scraping all the glass and blowing off the rocks, I'll use a filter sock overnight and then remove.

[PRDubois]

Do you use tap water?

[FavaBean]

thanks everyone.... no I use rodi... I might just pull the chemi pure out... I think the sock it came in easy melting away cause it looks like pieces of it in my tank... I have used carbon before and really liked it... if it aint broke don't fix it...

[FavaBean]

also it is a jbj 6 so really can't use a hob filter.... I did notice I have what I believe pods all around in the tank... maybe they are making it not clear cause so many of them.... not really sure.... and I don't have that much stuff in tank.... couple of turbos a fighting conch... frags of zoas and gsp and some shrooms

[drparker]

Do you have sponges in the chambers in back? If so clean them every two to three days. You could use them the way I use a filter sock. Put in the sponges then clean the glass and blow of the rocks, do a water change. Remove the sponges after 24 to 36 hours. Doing this and running carbon should keep you water pretty clean.

The pods are a good thing, have you always had them or did your population just explode?

[IslandCrow]

One thing I've started doing for my 12g tank is running my canister filter with a 1 micron filter installed. I just do it for a couple hours every month, but although I thought my water was pretty clear before, the difference since doing this has been significant. I got the idea from Paul B who occasionally uses a diatom filter to polish the water in his tank. I didn't have a diatom filter, but the canister filter seems to be working quite well.

Otherwise, I just have a PURA filter pad in the back, but given the limited amount of flow actually going through the pad, it's probably not nearly as effective as I'd like to believe.

[FavaBean]

I do have a sponge but I only clean it once a week... When I do water changes.... i will rinse it out more...and I just noticed a bunch of pods... They just exploded...