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Mustardtiger101

Mustardtiger101

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Hello

I have a 75 gallon tank (48", 18", 21") and it seems to be getting very dirty 1-2 days after I do my water change (50%) I am currently running a marineland C-360 canister filter and 2 marineland emperor 400 bio wheel hob filters. It never use to get this dirty and it was always crystal clear. but recently I bought a 1400gph powerhead to get some water movement, so I'm not sure if that's why the water is getting so dirty so fast? My current stock is a 6" indo datnoid and a 4" silver datnoid and a 8" common Pleco. I am currently feeding them hikari jumbo carnisticks, shrimp and talapia. And I really don't think 3 fish would make the water so dirty so fast. If you guys could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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How much uneaten food is there? Mainly concerned about the tiliapia and shrimp being left uneaten. Plecos are messy but it you have substantial filtration. I have a fully stocked medium SA-Cichlid tank with a common pleco and Im only running a powerhead EMP400 and PEN350 25% water change and proper feeding

How well do you clean your filters and how often? I do my filters full clean with the monthy WC
 
I do a 50% water change weekly and there is never any food left over. And I clean my emperor filters every time I do my water change.


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How old is the tank? Sounds like new tank syndrome. Despite the name you can get it at any time if there is dissolved nitrogen in the water in some form such as ammonia, nitrite or nitrate, also along with this there is usuallly the presence of phosphate at the begining of the green water formation. The presence of the nitrogen and possible phosphat there is the most critical ingredient, light, artificial from your tank lights or natural sunlight. Sounds like a unicellular form of algae, it feeds on the chemicals above combine with light and form oxygen, so obviously this isn't bad. However you can't see your fish through the green soup, and whats the point of having a fish tank if you can't see the fish? The cure is simple, effective and won't cost you a penny. No new filtration is needed, and no chemicals are needed. First do a 50% water change, then cover the tank with a blanket, towel dark colored sheet, something that will completely block out the light, for four days, the fish won't mind the darkness at all, uncover it just to feed the fish, the darkness is really important, after 4-5 days uncover your fish tank and change 50% of the water again and you should have a perfectly clear aquarium.

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If you're still having problems with green aquarium water it must be getting too much direct sunlight. If you do not want to relocate your aquarium then try a UV sterilizer. Most UV sterilizer manufacturers 100% guarantee that their product will clear the suspended algae from your aquarium.

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Petrella88 said:
How old is the tank? Sounds like new tank syndrome. Despite the name you can get it at any time if there is dissolved nitrogen in the water in some form such as ammonia, nitrite or nitrate, also along with this there is usuallly the presence of phosphate at the begining of the green water formation. The presence of the nitrogen and possible phosphat there is the most critical ingredient, light, artificial from your tank lights or natural sunlight. Sounds like a unicellular form of algae, it feeds on the chemicals above combine with light and form oxygen, so obviously this isn't bad. However you can't see your fish through the green soup, and whats the point of having a fish tank if you can't see the fish? The cure is simple, effective and won't cost you a penny. No new filtration is needed, and no chemicals are needed. First do a 50% water change, then cover the tank with a blanket, towel dark colored sheet, something that will completely block out the light, for four days, the fish won't mind the darkness at all, uncover it just to feed the fish, the darkness is really important, after 4-5 days uncover your fish tank and change 50% of the water again and you should have a perfectly clear aquarium.

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I'll give that a try. Thanks for all the help man!


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Petrella88 said:
Let me know how it goes

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So I just finished doing my 50% water change after blacking out the tank for 5 days. I'll let you know if it's cleared up by tomorrow or not.


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