really new to this guys. first of all this is my first tank its a 55g and i had it set up for about a week with no fish in it. now the waters light green. is this algae bloom? if so how do you get rid of it or do i have to clean the whole tank out. im really new so please explain if i need to use carbon or chemicals let me know how to use them. thanks in advance
algae bloom?
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cyukio;3971920; said:
yes that is free floating algae in ur water. its caused by excessive nutrients in the water column and/or to much light.
is ur tank close to windows or does it get lots of light from some other source?
ways to prevent/fix:
UV sterilizer
Diatom filter
Purigen
reduce light
the tank is against the wall yes there is some light but i can close the shades if that works. what is purigen? also it became green from a few days in, could something be wrong with my tap water? also can you use the purigen in the tank with the fish in it. thanks
cyukio;3972050; said:
i highly recommend reducing as much light as possible. this is Purigen:
http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Purigen.html
you can use it with the fish in the tank, just make sure the Purigen is in a fine mesh bag. you can buy it in the bag, in 100ml baggies. if ur concerned about ur tap water... test it, i would do the same with ur tank regardless of any circumstance. since its the only true way u know the tank has cycled.
thanks for the help guys. i checked the ph level in my tank and its reading fine. probably gonna try the purigen stuff. kind of funny i had some smaller tanks before like up to 20 gallon but this is my first kinda big tank and i never had algae problems before maybe just lucked out before i guess haha.
cyukio;3972172; said:
there's a lot more things that need to be checked. Ph checking is insignficant compared to the importance of checking Ammonia, Nitrite and KH/alkalinity.