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if you keep the lights on for any amount of time, water changes alone won't do it, free floating algae takes almost nothing to grow, i've been trying everything for my 29G that has had the problem for months with 50-80% water change every 3-7 days, a few days ago we redid the whole tank, cleaned everything including the gravel in hot water and it is finally clear (fish was put in quarantine during the whole process and water from existing very clear tank given to restart the cycle), you need something that will take the nutrients so that the free floating algae has no chance to grow, don't clean off spot, brown, or hair algae all the way as they will not cloud the water and will prevent free floating algae to grow, plants as guppy said has this effect as well
You're wrong, in some cases you do need it. Here my tank is in semi-direct sunlight, and something to do with the bad tapwater here seems to form crazy amounts of algae, the water turns green in days. I was doing 2 50% water changes a week, and still green cloudy water, still could barely see out the other side of the tank.
Stotty sent me a UV sterilizer, and bam, a few days later my 180 is crystal clear, with no green water since.
okay thanks..that just made me decide to go get a UV sterilizer. its been almost 2 weeks now and the green is still there. thanks rumble sushi for the feedback.
Cool, no problem.
Couple of things though, make sure you get a big enough UV for your tank, and remember they are better used with a canister than sump, as the water has longer contact with the UV. UV's have a max flowrate usually listed.
And also, make sure you have a lot of filter floss/polywool in the filter, as that's what cleans up the destroyed algae
Couple of things though, make sure you get a big enough UV for your tank, and remember they are better used with a canister than sump, as the water has longer contact with the UV. UV's have a max flowrate usually listed.
And also, make sure you have a lot of filter floss/polywool in the filter, as that's what cleans up the destroyed algae
Cool, no problem.
Couple of things though, make sure you get a big enough UV for your tank, and remember they are better used with a canister than sump, as the water has longer contact with the UV. UV's have a max flowrate usually listed.
And also, make sure you have a lot of filter floss/polywool in the filter, as that's what cleans up the destroyed algae
i have a 60 gallon with a fluval 304 and a emp400 running together.. what size/type/kind of uv sterilizer would you recommend? would carbon help in this kind of cases? cause i personally dont use carbon..thnx in advanced
A Diatom filter will clear up the water but won't get rid of the problem... you would need a UV also. But D' filters are great for clearing water.
he said kinda greenish
doesnt exactly mean its algae, for instance like: OMG ALGAE!!!
and you guys are jumping to conclusion tooooooo soon!
cycle the tank first, and see what happens
the best way to get rid of an bacterial bloom is water changes and time to cycle.
and if it cycles but still got the green water then go with the sterilizer
