Green Water

I have this green water and I hate it. I had a Green coat on my sand for a week and then this happened. I cut down the light hours and did a huge water change. I treat it with tera algae control every week...................................HELP PLEASE!

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Jack on May 20, 2012 at 6:17pm

ok thanks what is killing green water natrually.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Robert Jango on May 20, 2012 at 11:23pm

Killing green water naturally is contained in my first reply to your post. Its done by using floating plants. Dustin also has a video on the subject.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by J-Jones on May 21, 2012 at 12:09pm

At this point a uv sterilizer is really just a waste of money. In short, green water (as with every other algae) is a result of an imbalance. Every algae is almost like an equation which in your case would be (from memory)

Nitrate + ammonia + excess light = green water

If you remove the most damaging which in my personal opinion is the ammonia and nitrate (nitrate being the founding nutrients of many algae types) then the green water won't have the right conditions to survive. In short if you balance out your tank you wont need to spend extra $

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Bill Carson on May 21, 2012 at 4:43pm

yo, i was going crazy with green water. I just picked up a 9w in-tank sterilzer from petco for 50 bills, turned it on and within 3 days my tank was CRYSTAL clear...i've never seen my tank so clear before...its was unreal. totally worth it