quality water

apart from the routine wc. is there any other method to improve the quality of water?? i mean to have crystal clear water. How to nod tt water is good. does zero ammonia and nitrate mean water is already good.

[valerossi]

Originally Posted by rve77

apart from the routine wc. is there any other method to improve the quality of water?? i mean to have crystal clear water. How to nod tt water is good. does zero ammonia and nitrate mean water is already good.

Routine WC is a must. Depending on how frequent. Good filtration is most important.

[autumnspecial]

for me i will do 2 time aweek on the over flowing for 10 mins,that mean water will be suck from the top or so call surface n add in new water . once a week will do WC 30% that suck every where even the last compartment of my sump tnk too n add in new water.as for my FGT i will just over flow the water 3 times aweek for 20 mins.but change of wool is every week once.

[Mali]

Good matured filtration could really helps.

check water parameters regularly and make sure your filtration is solid.

[ymmij]

well having zero ammonia and nitrite is definitely good. not sure if zero nitrate is possible without frequent water change. also how frequent is frequent?

Originally Posted by Mali

Good matured filtration could really helps.

what does a matured filtration exactly means?

Originally Posted by [Ranchu]

what does a matured filtration exactly means?

Maybe he means a colony of beneficial bacteria is fully established in the filter system.

Originally Posted by carlfsk

Maybe he means a colony of beneficial bacteria is fully established in the filter system.

and you achieve that by letting the system run for a long period of time?

few weeks to 1 - 2 months bah. That is with some fish to generate some ammonia.

But sometime I oso don't care really. I soak the new tank for a few days, then drain and fill up a few time to clean it properly. Then I will use the old media and water from old tank for this new tank. Everything is fine till today...