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Vitaliy

Vitaliy

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One of my tanks that is exposed to direct sun has a great deal of algae growth and recently the water really started to turn green. Now, I know a number of ways to get rid of it but that is something I am not particularly interested in and do not really mind the greenish water. I was just wondering is it safe for my fish?
 
its an algae bloom, and from my understanding its not harmful to the fish, however , why have a tank if you cant see them, it wil just keep getting worse... my tap water's phosphate levels are high and promote algae growth, so I went out and got a UV sterilizer, cleared the water right up, took about a week and a half tho
 
Vitaliy said:
One of my tanks that is exposed to direct sun has a great deal of algae growth and recently the water really started to turn green. Now, I know a number of ways to get rid of it but that is something I am not particularly interested in and do not really mind the greenish water. I was just wondering is it safe for my fish?
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Well...in actual sense, there is nothing really much to worry about...but the only thing i think you need to do is to really increase the dissolve O2 (aeration) in the tank...cuz green algae will fight for O2 in the water with the fish...so, if it is not enuff to go ard..ur fishes would be stressed.

Anyway, on my personal point of view...er..where is the viewing pleasure of the fishes when you have a tank of green water???
 
butane216 said:
its an algae bloom, and from my understanding its not harmful to the fish, however , why have a tank if you cant see them, it wil just keep getting worse... my tap water's phosphate levels are high and promote algae growth, so I went out and got a UV sterilizer, cleared the water right up, took about a week and a half tho
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Yeah, I am using a UV sterilizers on larger tanks, and they just do magic. This is happening on a 10 gallon tank with one stunned, one eyed, Convict with three snails so its not a center piece. Just want to see how bad can this stuff get, I am fine as long as the fishy is happy. This little bugger was my first fish! :)
 
Vitaliy when my algae bloom went unhindered, the ONLY time i coudl see any fish in my 65 gal is when they were almost touching the glass up front, it was a solid ovlie green... and like was mentioned, the algae wil fight for O2 content, so why make ur fish suffer any more than necessary?
 
Vitaliy, just shade the tank with some tinfoil and the algae growth will at least slow down, it won't directly hurt most fish but like B216 says, it will compete for O2, esp. at night, and if you get an algae die off even big tanks can go from green to stinking gray in a day and that will kill every thing in the tank.
 
In sunlight they produce more O2 than they use, In darkness this reverses, esp. with unicellular algae. Breakdown of their waste products is a bigger problem, aerobic bacteria can drop O2 levels very quickly.
 
piranha45 said:
I thought plants consumed CO2, and produced O2?
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Dude..it is the reverse in the night man...plants will cosume O2.

This is why people discourage jogging or exercising outdoors at night...cus O2 is limited at night outdoors as well.
 
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