I'm having troubl with green water in one of my tanks and was wondering if there was any thing that is fry safe to remove or atleast slow the algie bloom.
green water cure?
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i had that problem long ago and Seachem Purigen solved it in a matter of hours. the tank has been crystal clear ever since.
I am having a terrible problem with this in my 75g right now and i bought a black background to cover 3 sides but that still didnt help so I aded something to my filter and... nothing... but yesterday I bought a UV sterilizer and the tank is already seeing signs of clearing up
Daphnia and rotifers are two small aquatic invertebrates that eat green water. If your fish are of a size that ignores daphnia, you can try them. Rotifers are vanishingly small. Just at the edge of human vision, the young are basically microscopic and the adults appear to be dots. They grow really well in and on sponge filters, so the long term permanent solution is to keep a sponge filter in the tank, but it will take its own good time to clear it up the first time.
UV filters are great for immediate results that don't add any chemicals to the tank water. They cost more than sponge filters to say the least, and the bulb has to be replaced about every six months, and the quartz sleeve much less often.
UV filters are great for immediate results that don't add any chemicals to the tank water. They cost more than sponge filters to say the least, and the bulb has to be replaced about every six months, and the quartz sleeve much less often.
Thanks guys I'm gona go with uv seems a lot safer for fry as we are talking about rbp fry and not blood parots red bellys just to clarify.
Red blood parrots? Them squawk a lot? I thought you were talking red bellied pacus. That's what I gave you anyhow! Lmfao! How bout a pleco?they like the green stuff! Almost all fish (even predators) like to nibble on the green stuff!
fine filter floss.. clears it up for me every time I rarely have issues with it but when I do.. I stuff some extra filter floss/quilt batting in my filter. rinse/replace it everyday for 2-3 days at most. and waters back to being clear. cheap,easy, no chemicals involved.