Hello everyone,
So I have been meaning to post this here ... pics from "before" and "after" running the diatom filter on my greenwater tank.
I have a "standard" 20 gallon (U.S.) tank with some guppies (1 female adult, seven or so fry) and mollies (three adults, two 'teens' and about five fry), plus some plants.
I have had a fairly serious greenwater problem going back to about October of last year (it's now the end of April). Having tried various things, such as militant water changes (25-50% twice a week) and blacking out the tank from the sun w/ newspaper. Nothing helped; in fact, the water changes seemed to encourage the greenwater growth, and it would be back to murky green within hours.
So, in utter desperation, I decided to purchase a Vortex Freedom filter (D-1), which is a diatom filter (it uses diatomacheous (sp?) powder as the actual filter medium).
Here are a few pics of the tank "before" the diatom filtering:
w/ flash (note the sticker ):
w/o flash:
Front view:
And After!
So I have been meaning to post this here ... pics from "before" and "after" running the diatom filter on my greenwater tank.
I have a "standard" 20 gallon (U.S.) tank with some guppies (1 female adult, seven or so fry) and mollies (three adults, two 'teens' and about five fry), plus some plants.
I have had a fairly serious greenwater problem going back to about October of last year (it's now the end of April). Having tried various things, such as militant water changes (25-50% twice a week) and blacking out the tank from the sun w/ newspaper. Nothing helped; in fact, the water changes seemed to encourage the greenwater growth, and it would be back to murky green within hours.
So, in utter desperation, I decided to purchase a Vortex Freedom filter (D-1), which is a diatom filter (it uses diatomacheous (sp?) powder as the actual filter medium).
Here are a few pics of the tank "before" the diatom filtering:
w/ flash (note the sticker ):
w/o flash:
Front view:
And After!