Cloudy water

Feb 03, 2010

cloudy water fixed finally
by: Anthony

Hello, i know your pain about cloudy water. My 46 gallon bow tank is now 6-months old. During this time period i've only had the tank crystal clear twice. I am using a XP2 which has two baskets. On the bottom basket i use two foam filters (20,30), then a divider. In the same basket i mix Bio-chem stars and Ceramic rings. In the second basket i use super-activated carbon 3-5oz, bio-chem zorb 3-4oz ,Purigen by Seachem 100ml(polishes water)and phos-zorb (algae helper)3-4oz. sometimes i use Nitra-zorb. Lastly i use a microfilter pad. Now the solution i came up with is that i use Acurel-F. Only use this during a 15-25% water change.Immediately after i have the new water in and pump running i put about 125 (3-drops per gallon)(46gallon tank)drops of Acurel-F, you can actually see the water reacting instantly to the Acurel-F. In about 1-3 hours the water should be crystal clear. The key here i think is during the NEW WATER change!. i've had a crystal clear tank since! Hope this helps.

Hello, i know your pain about cloudy water. My 46 gallon bow tank is now 6-months old. During this time period i've only had the tank crystal clear twice. I am using a XP2 which has two baskets. On the bottom basket i use two foam filters (20,30), then a divider. In the same basket i mix Bio-chem stars and Ceramic rings. In the second basket i use super-activated carbon 3-5oz, bio-chem zorb 3-4oz ,Purigen by Seachem 100ml(polishes water)and phos-zorb (algae helper)3-4oz. sometimes i use Nitra-zorb. Lastly
i use a microfilter pad. Now the solution i came up with is that i use Acurel-F. Only use this during a 15-25% water change.Immediately after i have the new water in and pump running i put about 125 (3-drops per gallon)(46gallon tank)drops of Acurel-F, you can actually see the water reacting instantly to the Acurel-F. In about 1-3 hours the water should be crystal clear. The key here i think is during the NEW WATER change!. i've had a crystal clear tank since! Hope this helps.

Editors Note: Thanks Anthony for info on whats works for you. We also recommend the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals product, AccuClear for clearing cloudy water fast. Both Accuclear and Acurel-F are flocculents that clump very tiny floating particles together. This makes them heavy enough to sink to the gravel and settle out. These larger particles are then removed from tank during cleaning if you siphon your gravel. They are also picked up by the intake of the filter but since they are now
larger they will be captured by the filter. This is the main job of the MicroFilter.

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Hello, i know your pain about cloudy water. My 46 gallon bow tank is now 6-months old. During this time period i've only had the tank crystal clear twice. I am using a XP2 which has two baskets. On the bottom basket i use two foam filters (20,30), then a divider. In the same basket i mix Bio-chem stars and Ceramic rings. In the second basket i use super-activated carbon 3-5oz, bio-chem zorb 3-4oz ,Purigen by Seachem 100ml(polishes water)and phos-zorb (algae helper)3-4oz. sometimes i use Nitra-zorb. Lastly i use a microfilter pad. Now the solution i came up with is that i use Acurel-F. Only use this during a 15-25% water change.Immediately after i have the new water in and pump running i put about 125 (3-drops per gallon)(46gallon tank)drops of Acurel-F, you can actually see the water reacting instantly to the Acurel-F. In about 1-3 hours the water should be crystal clear. The key here i think is during the NEW WATER change!. i've had a crystal clear tank since! Hope this helps. Hello, i know your pain about cloudy water. My 46 gallon bow tank is now 6-months old. During this time period i've only had the tank crystal clear twice. I am using a XP2 which has two baskets. On the bottom basket i use two foam filters (20,30), then a divider. In the same basket i mix Bio-chem stars and Ceramic rings. In the second basket i use super-activated carbon 3-5oz, bio-chem zorb 3-4oz ,Purigen by Seachem 100ml(polishes water)and phos-zorb (algae helper)3-4oz. sometimes i use Nitra-zorb. Lastly i use a microfilter pad. Now the solution i came up with is that i use Acurel-F. Only use this during a 15-25% water change.Immediately after i have the new water in and pump running i put about 125 (3-drops per gallon)(46gallon tank)drops of Acurel-F, you can actually see the water reacting instantly to the Acurel-F. In about 1-3 hours the water should be crystal clear. The key here i think is during the NEW WATER change!. i've had a crystal clear tank since! Hope this helps. Editors Note: Thanks Anthony for info on whats works for you. We also recommend the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals product, AccuClear for clearing cloudy water fast. Both Accuclear and Acurel-F are flocculents that clump very tiny floating particles together. This makes them heavy enough to sink to the gravel and settle out. These larger particles are then removed from tank during cleaning if you siphon your gravel. They are also picked up by the intake of the filter but since they are now larger they will be captured by the filter. This is the main job of the MicroFilter.

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