WHITE BUCKET CHALLENGE : How CLEAR do you think your water is in your reef aquarium? Show us your water!

[BZOFIQ]

I was thinking tripe.

HA! That actually almost looks like a bucket of algae I pulled out one time trying to get rid of major dino issues!

I was thinking tripe

 

[vetteguy53081]

Clear. Even my water change station poly tank is clear.

 

[nano reef]

Water look clear after it settles its crystal clear. i vacum the sand bed every 2 weeks and I change carbon ever two weeks but while I am vacumming it looks reddish not yellow. I think its from maybe diatoms but areas of low flow turn the sand reddish and I have some frag racks on legs so always reddish under there!

Cant wait until frag tank is ready so I can move those racks! My new blenny has been very happy pecking at them! lol

 

[gizmodo]

It's sort of blue-ish, this is from my AWC waste water

 

[mattdg]

Once the SPS coral take over, I find the water in the bucket is nearly clear. I don't like it to be too clear. I find it indicates a nutrient shortage that will cause issue, eventually. It really comes down to what my coral have become accustomed to. If I go crazy with carbon / GFO / Water changes, it drastically changes PAR levels and nutrient availability in the system, which throws everything off. Kind of obvious I suppose. All that said, I like to see a subtle tint of yellow/blue.. almost green, in a white bucket.

 

[stewy14]

I put In the second option, but then when looking at my water in a bucket, it was completely clear!
right after a crash too!

 

[reefsaver]

Go to any aquarium store, smell a bucket of their skimmate and try tell me it's not military weapons grade stench.

 

[Nano_Man]

A couple of weeks doing calcium carbonate and you will have the best clear water that you’ve ever had. Turning clarity up a notch.

 

[VintageReefer]

I don’t have a white bucket. Does a white ceramic coffee mug count?

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Maybe 2-3 water changes in 10.5 years

 

[iannarelli]

It's cheating if I literally filled the tank up for the first time on Sunday, right?

 

[saltytanked]

Clear

 

[revhtree]

Let's see some more!

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Taking two back to back vacations, I’m afraid to check.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Yeah definitely a tiny tint of yellow.

Bought a white bucket just for being able to see that every water change.

 

[1112-425XL]

Water Change Day

New water

Old water

 

[Vteclover]

10 year old tank with 10 year sandbottol
Never sponge- powerfilter-ozon-uv-activ carbon

Just model w oxydator and skimmer