Bk828

Ted im 99% sure the cause of your green water was disturbance of the gravel. Thats actually how mine started.

By filter floss i mean the polyfiber


Also try and add more filtration to the tank. See if you can invest in perhaps a smaller canister filter. Maybe one of the eheim classic lines.

 

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trenac

I would resort to chemicals only as a last resort. Try natural methods first, such as the blackout. Most people have great succes with this method, so it's worth a try.

Tedison

a blackout won't do any damage to my plants and fish will it? And should I feed my fish during this time? would dosing with Excel help or does that only help certain types of algae?

Bk828

blackout shouldnt harm your fish/plants. But I had a bad experience with a black out.. Since i did it a few days after i trimmed my plants. So all the new trimmings melted. Plus they were the most light demanding plants.
You can feed your fish. Just without lights ofcourse. And when you do the blackout throw some sheet over the tank so it gets no light at all, no room light, sunlight.

Dont think excel works in this case.

trenac

No damage should be done to your plants or fish. This link will tell you how to do the blackout day by day... http://www.aquariaplants.com/cloudygreenwater.htm

Excel will not help green water.

Nexed

I have a slight green tint to my water also, im gona try that and see how it goes.

Koolaid

i just experienced some green water, i dont kno if its gone but i did a blackout with just a blanket for 2 days and did a water change with RO water, but i also just added a lot of plants to combat the algae and i put a lower light on my tank compared to my 65 watt over my 15 gal tall, RO water change and some more plants should help

Zapins

I've heard another cure for green water is to cut a willow branch about 3 feet long (some new growth) and put it in the tank sticking out the water.

By the time the branch sprouts roots the GW is gone.

Never tried it, but thought it was interesting enough to mention.

Tedison

that is interesting, i'll have to see if I can find a willow branch...

I still haven't done a blackout, as I am moving in 3 days and I don't want to stress the fish out any more than is needed...

coli

Be honest. How often do you recycle that plastic water bottle? Are you one of the 88 percent who throw their bottle out? Collectively we are dumping 40 million plastic water bottles per day. Stop using plastic water bottles and reduce your carbon footprint. (You'll also save money.)
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