BrkD

would overdosing on seachem flourish excel kill green water?

AQUAMX

Hi guys

This has also taken the last 30 minutes for me to read and is an excellent thread. I have a new setup using amazonia and powersand special. The tank is cycling and has been running for 12 days. I have a hint of greenwater along with the algea bloom due to the cycling.

I have not seen it mentioned, but as riccia is a fast grower would it make sense to try this as a method also? I have floated a small amount and it seems to be growing fairly quickly. I also have access to willow its everywhere here where i live.

Excellent thread guys

Brad

hoppycalif

When you use ADA Amazonia soil I think you are initially supposed to change water every few days to keep ammonia from building up. After a month or so you don't need to do that. You could also use purigen or activated carbon in the filter for the first month to keep the ammonia under control. It is that ammonia that causes the green water to start up.

AQUAMX

Thanks Hoppy

I have been W/C every 2nd day at 50%. I am adding purigen tomorow to the filtration as i have had trouble accessing it. Through testing the ammonia has dropped alot since the begining but is stil at around 5ppm.

Thank you for your reply, sorry if i have hijacked the thread.

Brad

Paul Green

Hello, guys! This is my first post at the APC forum, but I've been watching you for a while I really liked this thread, coz there were a lot of comments, both positive and negative, looked like a heated discussion.

Two weeks ago I got green water in my 30g newly set up tank. I tried blackout for five or six days, which led to no results but weakened plants. Then I put five willow branches in my tank (it was Salix alba, I believe) and eagerly waited for the results. Water started to clear as first roots appeared (days 4th to 6th, depending on branches). After only three days of rooting I have very clear water in my tank. Thank you very much, Oleg!

I want to comment one more thing. Here some guys tried to use aspirin to get rid of green water. I think it's quite fruitless because algae that cause water to get green, and my green water was apparently caused by algae, have a lot in common with higher plants: that's really hard to find an antibiotic that can selectively affect algae leaving alone plants. Aspirin, which is really found in Salix species, is hardly to have this selective property. Moreover, as the majority of people have noticed using willow branches, water in their tanks clears only after rooting of willow, which means that willow sucks up some nutritions from water rather than producing something into water.

And one more funny thing to notice: this method was introduced by a Russian fellow, which makes me think that I have to read more Russian forums, for my native language is Russian. Anyway, it was funny to discover this topic being so popupar at one of the best aquascaping forums to my mind))

frozenbarb

I dont know about anyone esle tank, but Surely Ammonia. was the main cause of green water in my dads Tank..
Since parrot fishes Poop alot... and they dont eat all the food... Alot of ammonia was Made but since they died there was no more ammonia And no more green water

galettojm

Hello everyone!!!

This is my first post

I have gw in my 180 liters (47G) planted aquarium.

After reading this post I put two weeping willows branches, 2cm (1 inch) in diameter 70 cm (27 inch) long, inside the aquarium.

I have two doubts:

Do I have to take the leaves of the branches?
Some part of the willow has to be out of the water?

Thanks!!

This is the photo of my aquarium with the willows branches inside;



Juan

Oleg

Hi Juan,
This is not going to work. You need to remove the leaves. And put the branches vertically, so the upper part is about 20cm out of the water.
Good luck!
Oleg

galettojm

oleg,

thanks you for your prompt response !!!

i will do as you say tonight.

do you think that the weeping g willow is going to work ?? or is it better the salix alba ??

thanks again,

Juan

Oleg

They look similar to me
try both if you can and let us know what works better