How clear is crystal clear

[Scottw68TN]

I have a 75 48inches wide. from the front it looks crystal clear but from the side looking through the tank its cloudy. Should it be clear or is more of a refraction of light thing.

[William]

Easy way to find out.

Syphon out some of your water into a 5gal bucket, its important that the bucket be white, and look at it.


if the waters clear it'll seem white, if not it'll be most visible.

[LondonGman]

Good tip William !!, I subconsciously use that trick to determine how dirty my water is and therefore how much to change, especially since I use a bucket 9white) and gravel hoover/siphon for water change.

Yup I will second that

[AtodaJ]

I take a glass full of my aquarium water and set it next to a glass full of my tap water (use clear glasses). You get a pretty good idea of how cloudy your water is by this method.

[William]

Originally Posted by AtodaJ

I take a glass full of my aquarium water and set it next to a glass full of my tap water (use clear glasses). You get a pretty good idea of how cloudy your water is by this method.

Depends on how high a quality your municiple water is.

[Scottw68TN]

Yes but does even clean water look a little cloudy when you look through 4 feet of it?

[dralarms]

Mine looks cloudy when looking through all 4 ft of it also, not very but just a haze. From the front it looks beautiful so I don't worry about it. I keep a daily check on all my paramiters so I know everything is a ok for my fish.

[TankGirl]

Usually if your water parameters are under control in a cycled tank your water will be perfectly clear. Let's say you take your tank water and put it in a white bucket and it DOES look a little cloudy, would you do anything different? If your water is in good shape and the fish are healthy you probably would do nothing anyway.

[tkos]

My tank sides seem to get a thin film on them sometimes as I generally only clean the front glass. Perhaps your is just a little dirty on the sides?

[Scottw68TN]

My waters params are great. just a little cloudy longwise. looks perfect straight on.
18inches wide.