i have a 55 gal tank that has about 20 fish in it and for some reason the water is always a whitish green color and i can't even see the back of the tank. i checked all the levels for nitrites and ammonia and ph and everythings fine. i have a 25 right next to it that is perfectly clear and it has about 7 or 8 fish in it. any ideas on why it's like that or how to fix it?
tank water a whitish green color
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I'm thinking it's some sort of algae bloom as well.
Do you know if the tank has a high level of phosphates?
What is your water change schedule?
How about filtration??
Do you know if the tank has a high level of phosphates?
What is your water change schedule?
How about filtration??
i don't know the phosphate levels i do water changes about once every month and it's only like 30 percent of the water. the filter is a penguin 350 biowheel filter, it's ment for a 75 gallon tank. this is what it looks like right now.
Find a finer material to put in your filter (cotton)and some good bacteria and it will be gone in a couple of days. Worked for me on my gold fish tank last week.
My water was looking the same as yours. I have a 270G. For filtration I was running a wet/dry (1200GPH) with 50 micron filter media and 2 XP3s loaded with filter floss and my water still looked like yours (no overfeeding, not overstocked, weekly 25% water changes and all water conditions were ideal etc). I tried leaving my lights off for a week, but the algae bloom persisted. My tank had been cloudy for over a month, so I finally gave in and bought a product called Algae Control by Tetra. I added the recommended dosage and my tank was crystal clear within an hour. My fish were fine- no adverse effects (I have no plants though, so I can't speak to how plants would react to the treatment). Assuming you've done all the maintenance I referenced above, I'd say give this product a shot (there are mutiple brands, but they all seem to use the same active ingredient).