i have a 30 gallon and 90 gallon fish tanks both are SALTWATER
and for the last couple of week the water is turning green
i feed my fish once a day with frozen brine shrimp
i have a regular( fluorescent light) that are only for like 4-5 hours daily
i have a power filter and a corner/box filter ( i need ot get a new filter cuz my powerfilter is not working properly but what kind of filter should i get???? )
i dont have a protein skimmer i was told that for fish only system its not needed
i did some research on my wo nand i even have a UV serilizer cuz i read that it will get rid of my problem but its not working
now i want to buy a bio-wheel filter dont know what the heck that is cuz i heard it work wonders
the fish that i have in my tanks are:
in 30 gallons:
pair of gold maroon clowns
and 2 fire fish
in my 90 gallons
blue tang
fox face
yellow tang
please help me i want ot have a crystal clear water not a green stuff
what can i do???
ohh and i also read somethign about phosphate remover
i have my 30 gallon since august 07 and 90 gallons since januarymy fish tank are in a room without any windows so its cant be from sun light
keep the light off it causes alge to grow and yeah bio-wheel is a good system
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how old is your system. if its still new its natural it will pass when your tank settles. if your tank is settled down then it can be direct light on the tank or the room is bright. check your phosphate levels as well and nitrates.
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I would normally advice you to reduce the amount of light but since you only have it on 4-5 hours a day that is not the problem .Do the tanks gets any indirect sunlight?
Also you are not over feeding so that can’t be the issue either. Have you tried any products against algae? This site is good :http://www.algone.com/ it has stuff for salt and fresh water tanks and it will make your water clear. I used it on my fresh water tank once, it didn’t hurt plants or anything.
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Green water is a form of plaktonic algae and it is from excessive nutrients and excessive light. The green is chlorophyll so by definition, there is light sustaining those organisms.
The excessive nutrients can be high nitrates (common in established tanks, need to deeply vacuum the gravel), high phosphates, high dissolved proteins (you need a skimmer), and high silicates (need a special filter media– very common in the spring if you’re using tap water and not RO for your tank).
Here’s a good link for you:
http://www.algone.com/greenwater.php
I’m assuming that if you have a marine tank that you have a good independent fish store selling those fish to you, so take a water sample in and go talk with them.
You can get rid of the green water now by doing as much of a water change as your fish can tolerate and then wrap your tank in blankets that totally block out the light for three days. No peeking! The lack of light should clear the water, but unless you resolve the other issues, you’ll be right back where you started. Avoid dumping chemicals in there because they all come with their own problems, and don’t address the root problems.
You didn’t mention your water parameters so I’m assuming that you aren’t testing? You should know what your nitrates are, because they’re probably pretty high. Tanks should have nitrates under 20 ppm, and since plants really like to have nitrates over 20, excessive algae is always a sign of high nitrates.
Good luck and happy fish keeping!
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