Bacteria bloom

[little fry]

I think my tank is going through a bacteria bloom. How long do you think it will last?

 

[seastaar88]

Getting milky-looking water? I had one a few years back... lasted about 5-7 days. It went away on its own. No worries

 

[ira_desent]

This last tank setup, I had one last for several weeks. I did all sorts of testing on the water, but it came up fine. It finally went cleared... I hope yours does not last as long. *celebrate

 

[pigpen]

i took down my 45 because it was green green green green.and now the 133 is getting green.i dont want to take that down an advice?

 

[LadyLail]

Little Fry- What does the water look like? Milky white is more than likey "new tank syndrome" and can be cleared up with BioStart, Toxivec, StressZyme- adding good bacteria to the water becuase you have over filtered, cleaned, or w/c'ed.

Pig Pen- Green seems like it might just be algae overgrowth. If you are near windows or leaving your lights on for hours on end, that is your prob right there. Try cutting lights off for a week/ closing blinds/ or doing a "black out" by wraping the glass with a black trash bag for a week to stop the overgrowth. Doing daily water changes and vacuuming the gravel will help clear it up too.

Just some ides without knowing too much info on either sitatuoin...

 

[homebunnyj]

Little Fry- What does the water look like? Milky white is more than likey "new tank syndrome" and can be cleared up with BioStart, Toxivec, StressZyme- adding good bacteria to the water becuase you have over filtered, cleaned, or w/c'ed.

Actually the milky white indicates a bacterial population explosion, in other words the tank is getting a nice colony of bacteria... in other words, no need for adding bacteria at this late point, it is taking care of the problem on its own.

 

[exhumed07]

yeah bactiria blooms are fun. water is clear then bang white water and it's kinda like what the hell. but they go away pretty quick.

 

[LadyLail]

I guess there's a couple diff blooms then, because when I went thru it, it was the opposite. I had no bacteria of any kind and after adding some for a few days, everything went back to normal. My amonia was at 0, and I had to take a sample in for the nitrates/trites and she never told me those readings, just what to do about them, so I can't recall what they were at.

I wish I would have gotten the good bacteria bloom! Oh well, thus is life.

 

[little fry]

Thanks for all the advice.