could fish live in green water???
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I'd only be worried about oxygen issues, I'd use heavy aeriation or keep your light on to continue photosynthesis. But I think the proper reply would be....why do you want to know or would you want to keep fish in green water
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Yep, at least the tougher species can for a while. I worked for an aquarium maintenance service and, one day while visiting a maternity clinic, my partner and I discovered their small tank was the color of algae soup. 
We started breaking it down to restart, when we discovered two live goldfish swimming around in it! We were shocked, I tell you.
--Anthony
We started breaking it down to restart, when we discovered two live goldfish swimming around in it! We were shocked, I tell you.
--Anthony
i was wondering because i read a post about green water.... i wouldnt want to have green water... i have plants anyways, so it would have tro compete with my plants anyways....
Best thrived Green water fish.
-Eastern U.S. Sunfish
We have a lake and we stock them yearly with Rock Bass and Albino Channel Cats. They love 20gl aquariums yet have the habits of oscars. My brother feeds his blood worms and shrimp pellets ever since it was a fry and its now about 4" (He feeds it monthly large nightcrawlers or earthworms yet they get very dirty so he feeds it before water water changes. About half of what its enviorment growth will get. Plus he only has to feed it every 5 days
*Sunfish are also reffered to as "Hickfish" Yet they are still so beautiful as a native fish to the eastern U.S.*
-Eastern U.S. Sunfish
We have a lake and we stock them yearly with Rock Bass and Albino Channel Cats. They love 20gl aquariums yet have the habits of oscars. My brother feeds his blood worms and shrimp pellets ever since it was a fry and its now about 4" (He feeds it monthly large nightcrawlers or earthworms yet they get very dirty so he feeds it before water water changes. About half of what its enviorment growth will get. Plus he only has to feed it every 5 days
*Sunfish are also reffered to as "Hickfish" Yet they are still so beautiful as a native fish to the eastern U.S.*
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The Venezuelan lagoon where Endler's Livebearer come from-- or came from-- was a dense opaque green. Might account in part for the day-glo colors of the males: hard to advertise yourself in green water!
Kissing Gouramis swallow gobs of mucus saturated with green-water algae as part of their normal diet. That's why it's hard to get them thriving in an aquarium.
The problems with green water begin when it dies...
Kissing Gouramis swallow gobs of mucus saturated with green-water algae as part of their normal diet. That's why it's hard to get them thriving in an aquarium.
The problems with green water begin when it dies...
I used to raise gourami fry in green water. The green water supports large amounts of infusoria, which the fry ate constantly.
