Tank size 125 gallons.
My tank is fairly new, only about 1 month into it... ammonia & nitrites are zero, nitrats are about 20ppm.
I don't know what to say but I really noticed the water "turning" at the same time I was putting in zuchinni in my tank. My bristlenose ate a huge chunk of it and there were little green zuchinni poops all around it, I think he just ate the peice (in ~12 hours) and pooped the whole **** thing right out.
While there is corellation b/w the poop and the tank changing colors, nothing else suggests or tells me that is why.
Reading on the forums: Murky water is usually due to 1) Lack of filtration 2) too much feeding 3) too much light.
For my 125 gallon I have a fluval 404 and a magnum HOT. I think filtration is adequate.
My fish always seem to eat every scrap of food I put in the tank. I have many ottos, 6 corys, 2 dojo loaches and even some ghost and bamboo shrimp. They do a good job of clean-up.
Lighting: 260 watts. Had been running from 8am to 7:30pm with a period of 30 mins in the middle of the day where it switches off.
- I have decreased the lighting. It now runs 10am to 7:30pm.
- I have been doing 4-8 gallon water changes daily. Roughly 5% a day.
- I have been putting in 1 cap of Flourish Excell a day but I am careful here as I DO have anachris which is sensitive to it...
So far, not much change.
Questions:
1) Is this water a danger to my fish? The green water? Anything I am doing to fix the problems? Will any of this hurt tetras or other fish?
2) How long does a problem like this usually take to resolve?
3) Am I doing enough? Am I on the right track?
I have inverts in my tank so I can't use some of the algae removers on the market...
Tank inhabitants:
3 plecos (all 4" or under - small ones: bristlenose, clown)
neon tetras x12
2 dojo loach
2 dwarf gourami
6 corys
6 ottos
various guppies
10 zebra danios
2 platys
4 bamboo shrimp
some ghost shrimp
My tank is fairly new, only about 1 month into it... ammonia & nitrites are zero, nitrats are about 20ppm.
I don't know what to say but I really noticed the water "turning" at the same time I was putting in zuchinni in my tank. My bristlenose ate a huge chunk of it and there were little green zuchinni poops all around it, I think he just ate the peice (in ~12 hours) and pooped the whole **** thing right out.
While there is corellation b/w the poop and the tank changing colors, nothing else suggests or tells me that is why.
Reading on the forums: Murky water is usually due to 1) Lack of filtration 2) too much feeding 3) too much light.
For my 125 gallon I have a fluval 404 and a magnum HOT. I think filtration is adequate.
My fish always seem to eat every scrap of food I put in the tank. I have many ottos, 6 corys, 2 dojo loaches and even some ghost and bamboo shrimp. They do a good job of clean-up.
Lighting: 260 watts. Had been running from 8am to 7:30pm with a period of 30 mins in the middle of the day where it switches off.
- I have decreased the lighting. It now runs 10am to 7:30pm.
- I have been doing 4-8 gallon water changes daily. Roughly 5% a day.
- I have been putting in 1 cap of Flourish Excell a day but I am careful here as I DO have anachris which is sensitive to it...
So far, not much change.
Questions:
1) Is this water a danger to my fish? The green water? Anything I am doing to fix the problems? Will any of this hurt tetras or other fish?
2) How long does a problem like this usually take to resolve?
3) Am I doing enough? Am I on the right track?
I have inverts in my tank so I can't use some of the algae removers on the market...
Tank inhabitants:
3 plecos (all 4" or under - small ones: bristlenose, clown)
neon tetras x12
2 dojo loach
2 dwarf gourami
6 corys
6 ottos
various guppies
10 zebra danios
2 platys
4 bamboo shrimp
some ghost shrimp
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