wagonman Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 i set up an ar-850 and all is good apart from the dam water being green, could this be from the piece of driftwood i have in there. Also there seems to be alot of fine particals floating through the water so do i need more filter wool etc to filter these particals out. The way i have my filter set is one box has fine white filter wool on bottom and coarse filter wool on top with noodles in between, the other box is the same but it has a bag of carbon pellets instead of noodles. how do you have your filters set up?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 i have an ar980. i have 3 trays, i have all of mine with noodles on the bottom and a layer of filter wool on top of them. my tank stays clean all the time. i would take out the carbon and add more noodles. your water is green probley becuase yu have your lights on for to long in the day, or because you have direct sunlight into your tank, the green is an algae bloom. if you have plants you should have the lights on around 12 hours a day and if no plants then you should only have the lights on for you veiw times. to get ride of it cut the lights down to a minimum and do around 25% water changes every few days (depending on ow bad it is) until it clears. i have had one of my tanks so green that i couldnt see the fish at all overfeeding also wouldnt help with the dirty water and the algae bloom either. hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 ok i might try the noodles in all tray, i have a planted tank and have the lights on a timer for 12hrs a day and the tank has no direct sunlight. will keep doing water changes and hopefully see if it clears. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Green water is a bacteria sized algae and will go through a filter unless it is fine enough to filter bacteria (about one micron) The only thing I know of that would do that is a diatom filter with the fine media. There is a chemical available from the petshop but it may give some of your fish a hard time. Cut down the light and do water changes to strip the nutrient, and have a good xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Do you live rural using dam water?? If you have access to town supply this might neatralize the spores in the water. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Do you live rural using dam water?? If you have access to town supply this might neatralize the spores in the water. Alan 104 i am using town supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 You cannot get rid of algae, you can only provide conditions which will encourage plants and discourage algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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