I know you guys have probably answered this many times but i have extremely green water. I was readin on here to change the water so i was doin that and in fact i took out all the rock and everything. Still changin water. 80% at a time. I know its alot but one of the post on here said to do that. I guess know you want to know parameters.ph7.4 ammonia0, Nitrite0, Nitrate about60. I have 3 Yellow labs, 2 electric Blue/yellow chichlids, 4 Rusty, 4 Pcudeo Acei, 3 Chinesse Algea Eaters. It's A 46g Bow Front. I have a Cascade 1000 and a top fin 60 filter. And i have an air pump on there connected to an air stone. Now ur probably going to say my tank is over stocked but i stocked according to AqAdvisor - Intelligent Freshwater Tropical Fish Aquarium Stocking Calculator and Aquarium Tank/Filter Advisor. Then if you scroll down check out the 55g mbuna set up. I adjusted the numbers and filters so i would get the same out of my 46g. My tank also does not get any direct sunlight. It does get the ambient light from room but not direct. I leave the light on now cuz leaving it off did nothing. I also tried the chemical which i know you guys don't like. But i am Desperate.
Green Water
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i had this problem too. the best and easiest way to get rid of the green water is to 1> do a big water change to get rid of a lot of it. 2> wrap your tank in a blanket or towels or anything that will completely block out all light from getting to the tank. leave it blacked out for a few days only opening slightly to feed. my tank was completely cleared in 3 days and my water was so bad you couldn't see ANYTHING through it.
You probably did this already but just to make sure you changed your filters. Take a sample of water to a local pet store and have them
test your water or you can do it yourself. Use a cyphon for the water change and dig it into the rocks to make sure you free up all the junk out of there. And of course add water conditioner
test your water or you can do it yourself. Use a cyphon for the water change and dig it into the rocks to make sure you free up all the junk out of there. And of course add water conditioner
seriously, you should almost never change your tank filters until they are nearly falling apart. this kills off the beneficial bacteria in the tank.
thats a common terrible generic pet store employee answer.
the green stuff is algae. Algae is not removed by activated carbon. changing the filter will only make the water stay green longer because the good bacteria that would normally eat the food the algae is feeding on are located mainly in the filter.
follow little tank's instructions.
thats a common terrible generic pet store employee answer.
the green stuff is algae. Algae is not removed by activated carbon. changing the filter will only make the water stay green longer because the good bacteria that would normally eat the food the algae is feeding on are located mainly in the filter.
follow little tank's instructions.
here is what you have in this tank from what I can gather from your description "Petsuppliesplus". I truly hope you are not the owner of a pet store. You are stocking over 400% of the maximum stock of a tank that size, not including the 2 new fish you plan on adding to your horror show.
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