green water??

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muckieman

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i do 50% water changes every week its realy hard to get a view into the back of the tank.
-no dead fish
-stock list 2 sword tails
- filter- pegium 200 and my DIY in tank bio filter
any help
 
muckieman;1402352; said:
i do 50% water changes every week its realy hard to get a view into the back of the tank.
-no dead fish
-stock list 2 sword tails
- filter- pegium 200 and my DIY in tank bio filter
any help
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Have you added new gravel, it might be the dies coming off, try using new carbon to get it out. Or it's algae, limit the amount of time the lights are on.

Jimmy
 
ok no i have greavel for about 6months now when i first setup the tank. ok thanks i'll limit to less hrs.
 
could i do a 100% water change and clean sides well would this help.
 
could i do a 100% water change and clean sides well would this help.
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Probably not. Unless you change something about the tank setup the algae will just come back.

I have 2 tanks that are close to windows and often have algae blooms happening in them. The best cure is to cut down the amount of light. Either run the tank lights for less time or shade the tank from the natural light.

If the tank is planted then the bigger plants will reduce the nutrients in the water and so control the algae that way. But if there are no live plants you have to control the light better and keep up the water changes to keep the nutrients down.

Cheers

Ian
 
well i did 90% water change and it worked great. got rid of about 99% of the greenish colored water would these hrs help 7am-7pm or should i have less or more right now it is at 7am-10pm or 7am-11pm.
 
too much light would stick to around 8 hours or so a day
 
ok
 
Do you have any natural driftwood? If so could be the tannins leaching from the wood. To get rid of the yellowish green tints keep doing water changes about 50% per week or more. Should deterate with water changes.

Hope this helps
 
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