Completely ridiculous algae bloom

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
blindkiller85 said:
It's green water. Nothing to be worried about, breeders actually love it because the fry will eat it and become healthy as can be with minimal loss.

Personally I would do more like 75-100g water changes weekly for your setup (23-30%). Your schedule is crazy. If anything do small WC's after feedings. Vac the poo, excess food and done. Thus reducing waste buildup and your nitrates. With your WC's your losing some beneficial bacteria believe it or not. Not enough to ever cause a spike, but some none the less. Everything that's in the tank below water will have some bacteria on it, substrate, glass walls, filters, everything. Doing those WC's is nearing the same way that people do WC's without a filter at all.
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I didn't think my wc sch was to crazy I feed about 1 pound of food a day 6 days a week lately. With the sump full its about 315 gallons. Not to worried about losing BB Running 24 liters of matrix approximately 5 liters of ceramic and 6 gallons of bio balls. I do buy prime by the gallon though LOL.

I know its not long comparatively speaking but, In my 6 years of having tanks I have never saw a algae problem this bad. Looks like a toxic waste site. I'm getting impatient waiting on the UV.

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Lol I hear ya man that would drive me nuts.

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x HEAVYHITTER x said:
I didn't think my wc sch was to crazy I feed about 1 pound of food a day 6 days a week lately. With the sump full its about 315 gallons. Not to worried about losing BB Running 24 liters of matrix approximately 5 liters of ceramic and 6 gallons of bio balls. I do buy prime by the gallon though LOL.

I know its not long comparatively speaking but, In my 6 years of having tanks I have never saw a algae problem this bad. Looks like a toxic waste site. I'm getting impatient waiting on the UV.

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Like I said, it's nothing major it's not going to cause a loss in BB that will cause a spike. But some is still some.

The feeding schedule is a lot too, but I don't think it's reason enough to do the massive WC's. The more often your in your tank the less your fish will care. Small WC's after feedings or do maybe 40% weekly, roughly 125 gallons. Water is where the nitrates are, but the nitrates come from excess food and waste. Those are your targets, and doing multiple small ones should make more of a reduction than one large. But that too depends on how you are and what you are willing and able to do because our lives aren't centered around our fish, but we care for them like any other pets and dedicate time to them.

When I had a large group of cichlids in my 125, 12" pbass, 2 4" inch green terror, 4 inch EBJD, 2 3" firemouths and 3 pleco's (2 3" BN albino, and a 6 inch common) my nitrates only once went above 40ppm (had to leave town for 3 weeks) and I was doing 40% WC's every other week. Feeding a handfull of pellets 2-3 times a week, and 3 large hikari algae wafters twice a week.
 
filter your water through a foam rubber sponge, (like the foam rubber cushions of your couch) and the water will be clear in a day
 
Looks good all over again. Wicked that you have a 25w at 400gph. Mine is 24w 100gph lol.

Question is will you keep using the UV?
 
Gotta luv those uv sterilizers. I run them on all my tanks.
Looks great man.

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x HEAVYHITTER x said:
I will never run another tank without a UV again. I'm completely sold on it. I won't turn it off unless its for routine maintenance!

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Don't for get to change the bold every 8-12 months or when you start noticing some algae

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