Tank Help!!!

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punkshok

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I dont know if anyone else has had problems with this but I need a little guidance...
I got a 55 gallon tank for my oscars, and the water is just turning a disgusting color of green....its almost flourescent lol

Im pretty sure I have enough filtration, i got two diesel filters including 1 penguin 400 which im pretty sure should be enough on its own... I also have a powerhead running near the bottom to keep water flowin.

Ive tried doin water changes, doesnt help and looks like its made it worse...
could it be my home water, maybe theres somethin in it?

what should I do to solve this problem, are there water filters or anything else that I should do that would take care of this problem?
 
flourescent green sounds to me like one crazy algae bloom. I have to ask the tank cycling question too...how did you cycle it and for how long?? I know in newly "cycling" tanks that I have had in the past I have had everything from cloudy water to greenish water....and it's all been due to algae blooms. They will usually go away on their own with the proper cycling of the tank. It could take up to a week and a couple partial water changes though for things to begin to stabilize. That's been my experience anyway, YMMV.

Good luck and be patient,

Tankt
 
Definitely sounds like an algae bloom. Water changes can help, or hurt more than help. Have you tested your tap water? If there is a presence of nitrate or phosphate in large enough quantities you will have algae blooms, that when you water change, will grow more. Best ways to get rid of them 1 carbon or purigen, 2 water changes (if your params from the tap are good), 3 add live plants. Live plants that grow fast will out compete the algae for the nutrients, killing off the algae.
 
30-50% water changes everyday, restrict light as much as possible, give them a week off, then get a bigger tank, they are going to outgrow the 55 soon
 
Water changes will be very bad if he has either phosphates or nitrates in high quantities. They will replenish the source of nutrient that algae blooms need to thrive.
 
Isn't there standards on drinking water, like .5 pmm P04 and 40 ppm NO3 I can't remember, maybe that is bays and lakes and stuff.
 
There are regulations, the national requirements are no more than 10 ppm for nitrate, and no reg for phophates. Phosphates come out of the tap at 2 ppm here.
 
WyldFya;610120; said:
There are regulations, the national requirements are no more than 10 ppm for nitrate, and no reg for phophates. Phosphates come out of the tap at 2 ppm here.
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2ppm? That is crazy
 
Yeah, try keeping your brush and beard algae under control without an RO with those params out of the tap.
 
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