is green water dangerous to fish?

[dbcb314]

Basically i have a ten gallon tank that is supposed to be my gf's eventually. I hate ten gallon tanks bc they are so much work but w/e

but, I got lazy for a couple weeks, had an algae explosion, and can't get rid of it. I know what I have to do to fix the problem (cover the tank completely with no light, no feedings, for abotu a week)

the thing is, I have a grow out in there right now (ornate bichir) and growing it up so I can move it to the bigger tank is a higher priority than clearing the water. I really don't wanna stress the fish. It was expensive and I was way out of town when I bought it. plus, I am power feeding it like crazy (the water was already green before the power feedings) to get it big enough and it is growing crazy fast.

But anyway, is the green water dangerous at all? If not I won't deal with it until the bichir is big enough to move tanks

 

[Dr Joe]

Yes too much is. You'll have problems with O2 & co2 and if it's too bad gill related problems.

Do some water changes and see if you can buy/borrow a UV for a week.

Better to stress the fish a little than to lose it completely.

Dr Joe

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[dbcb314]

don't know a soul that has a uv... gonna have to change water and black the tank out for a while

 

[Druu]

Why not trash the water and refill the 10g from the bigger tank? If the water params are similar, the poly should be fine

 

[dbcb314]

I have done that already 3 tiems before I put the poly in there.

It would go right back to being cloudy in about 3 days.

I might do it again though tonight, leave the lights off, cover the tank and see what happens.

 

[Dr_Shakalu]

I have done that already 3 tiems before I put the poly in there.

It would go right back to being cloudy in about 3 days.

I might do it again though tonight, leave the lights off, cover the tank and see what happens.

I would probably change 1/3 of the water every couple of days and add activated charcoal in the filter. The Doctor.

 

[JeninOK]

purigen in the filter helped my green water.

 

[Fish on Fire]

Is the tank by a source of sunlight? You might wanna movie it if it is . . . Also don't leave the lights on 24/7, bichirs don't really like bright lights anyways.

 

[Will Hayward]

Buy a larger amount of live Daphnia. They will breed and multiply and keep that in check. They are like open water swimming shrimp that eat waterborne algae.

 

[Dr Joe]

I would probably change 1/3 of the water every couple of days and add activated charcoal in the filter. The Doctor.

Charcoal is for chemical filtration not biological.