Help, green smelly water 0 amonia & 0 nitrite.
Started a 55 gal tank 12/12/02. Added 8 fish on 1/1/03 nitrite .25 &
0 amonia PH 7.8. Adding Cycle to establish bacteria & 1/8/03 adding
proper PH to try to get Ph down (started out with well water). Amonia
climbs a bit to 1. nitrite stays low .25. PH still 7.8. adding cycle regularly.
Adding PH down 1/10, 1/12 & 1/13 PH now about 7.6. 1/19/03 PH 7.6
amonia 0 nitrite 5. Water on 1/22/03 now green & algae forming on tank
glass & rocks ect. Added Algae destroyer other levels as stated 1/19. Also
added 7 more fish but have lost 2 of them. Total fish:13. 1/23 shrubed
sides of tank & tank rocks, plants to remove algae. Added more Cycle.
1/27 tank still has green water added more Algae destroyer. 1/30/03
cleaned out Fluval 304 filter sponges in removed tank water & vacumed
out tank taking out a total of 5 gal of tank water & added 1 gal distilled
water & 4 gal well water (all @ proper tank temp).1/31 water still lime
green added 1 Chinese algae eater. Took out 2 gal tank water adding
2 gal distilled water. Amonia 0, PH 7.2 & nitrite .25 (finnally). 2/1/03 water
still lime green & smeely PH 7.2. amonia 0 nitrite 0. Added 4 tabs no more
Algae (took carbon from filter per directions), will this help & when?
Started a 55 gal tank 12/12/02. Added 8 fish on 1/1/03 nitrite .25 &
0 amonia PH 7.8. Adding Cycle to establish bacteria & 1/8/03 adding
proper PH to try to get Ph down (started out with well water). Amonia
climbs a bit to 1. nitrite stays low .25. PH still 7.8. adding cycle regularly.
Adding PH down 1/10, 1/12 & 1/13 PH now about 7.6. 1/19/03 PH 7.6
amonia 0 nitrite 5. Water on 1/22/03 now green & algae forming on tank
glass & rocks ect. Added Algae destroyer other levels as stated 1/19. Also
added 7 more fish but have lost 2 of them. Total fish:13. 1/23 shrubed
sides of tank & tank rocks, plants to remove algae. Added more Cycle.
1/27 tank still has green water added more Algae destroyer. 1/30/03
cleaned out Fluval 304 filter sponges in removed tank water & vacumed
out tank taking out a total of 5 gal of tank water & added 1 gal distilled
water & 4 gal well water (all @ proper tank temp).1/31 water still lime
green added 1 Chinese algae eater. Took out 2 gal tank water adding
2 gal distilled water. Amonia 0, PH 7.2 & nitrite .25 (finnally). 2/1/03 water
still lime green & smeely PH 7.2. amonia 0 nitrite 0. Added 4 tabs no more
Algae (took carbon from filter per directions), will this help & when?