Lighting problem

[Fish_3456]

Like a half year ago I bought two of those mini compact lights bulbs for better life span and better lighting for my aquarium. so after the 2 months I used them I saw that my aquarium was growing green water, and since then I tried everything out there to kill the green water. I also tried doing water changes everyday, it help for 4 days but that **** light made it grow back and I know its those bulbs!!!.. What do you guys suggest... keep the bright nice lighting with the green water or just use regular bulbs.


i would post a picture of the bulb but i dont know how to post pictures. :sad:

[reignman40]

Is your aquarium planted? What type of fish, etc do you have in the tank?

Curtis

[Fish_3456]

no i dont have plants i have only livebeares in the tank, its a 10g i got 2 guppys and a molly, the filter is one of those 10g power filter and i have a heater that keeps the temp around 80f

[reignman40]

I'm just a rookie so maybe I can get some backup here but it would appear to me that the more powerful light may be promoting algae growth. Since there are no plants or algae eaters in the tank to take away from that. I may be wrong though. Anyone else back me up?

Curtis

[Brass sliver]

I agree. Try putting live plants, They will help in controling algea by out-competing for available nutrients. Plants are a more evolve kind of fauna and are capable of using more nutrients. You say you have a 10g. How many watts are lighting it? How long do you keep the lights on? Have you tested you tap water for nitrates? How old is your setup? What are the h2o parameters? It also be usefull to know the color temp. of those bulbs. Adding small hard working algea eater like ottocynclus can help. How often do you feed your fish? How much do you feed them, most people overfeed ,thus putting more algea friendly nutrients to the tank. As you can see there are a few questions to be answered before we can narrow down the cause of the problem. Ultimately the problem is with nutrients, what I'm triing to find out is how they get in there. I need to find the source of the problem to find the appropriate solution.