algea bloom tragedy

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Mar 23, 2005
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so, if plants absdorb nutrients, than wouldn't adding more plants take care of a green water problem?


i have a 40gl and it gets a lot of light, direct sunlight even, this has resulted in an algea bloom,,,,the tank set up is only a month old, if that, so I'm assuming its still balancing itself out, in the meantime, the plants are growing like crazy and all the fish seem to be very happy...

i tried a black out, water still green
i change 10% water a day, still green
i refuse to use checmicals that are known to cause cancer
i can't find any daphnia or brine shrimp
i dont know the water chemistry

im at the end of my rope with this algea bloom
 
Good to hear back from you but sorry to hear about your continuing problems. I'm still dealing with some of the same types of problems as my tank gets a little more established. My blackout significantly reduced my green water/algae but I'm dealing with a return (just not as bad) of the green water. The blackouts will help kill off your green water problem but the underlying cause needs to be addressed in order to keep your tank water clear.

How long did you blackout your tank? The recommendations here all seem to suggest 96hrs. It is impossible for green water/algea to survive without sunlight very long.

Next, I would repeat my recommendation to buy a quality test kit to learn what your water parameters are. You are flying blind right now in that regard. If you can't get a kit right now then go to a reputable LFS and ask them to do a test to see how it checks out.

One of the things I'm going to change is add Flourish Excel to my tank water regularly to promote faster plant growth. Hopefully the faster growth will help them out-compete the algae for nutrients.

Keep at it and give some more details about your blackout. How did you do it?
 
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