Li@m Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 My water was fine one day and then the next it was green. Their is no algae on the plants just in the water column? how do i get ride of it? sorry about bad pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Test your phosphates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 water changes and/or uv will do the trick. Will just be a short lived outbreak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Well i do have a little bit of green spot, so i guess i have a bit of phosphate deficiency. Anyone have a spare Uv filter i can borrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 i brought one of those blue planet about 5mont ago hardly use it, still have the warrnt/ i forgot how much i brought it for/ $50 sound like a fear deal if you are keen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 UV filter is only a short term solution unless you find out what is making the water go green then it will just come back.. I had green water from food I was feeding that was high in phosphates but I think your plants should deal with that so I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 I found a uv filter to be the best solution some times it is really hard to find a reason and to get rid of it. I try'd all sorts on a display tank (water testing, water changes, reducing light etc) one week with a uv filter sorted it out after over a month of trying other things and it didn't come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Well it did start after i fed my LDA25s some algae wafers and forgot to take out the left overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 If it was only the wafers that caused it as a one off you could try grabbing a net full of daphnia from one of the troughs at cornwall park, and plop em in to eat it. Then when your fish go in they will eat them. I'd recommend a sort of rinse in tank water elsewhere before you put them in though just in case. I only ever got hydra from stuff I got from the river but I think my tanks got freshwater limpets from the troughs. They aren't a big deal but since you're setting up a new tank I'd better tell you of the risks of Trough Fishing :smln: If you are coming on Sat I could give you some of my pre-cleaned daphnia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 accu clear works well in the short term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichthus Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 I had a sudden outbreak of green water. I turned off my lights for 36 hours, and did a 30% water change. That fixed it! I've since cut down the time my lights are on...but you'd have to be more careful no doubt, because your tank is planted. Anyway - problem solved for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 accu clear works well in the short term +1 if you know what caused the outbreak in the first place then this is great quick-fix solution. Simply don't make the same mistake again. I had a similar experience after leaving zuchinni in for too long and I simply used accu clear and it never happened again afterwards. If it does happen again then you need to figure out how what is going on, fix it then dose the accu clear. It is also great because the fish don't mind it at all - I had native shrimp and Otocinclus in the tank when I dosed and had zero casualties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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