Betta Setup - Green Water

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Vitaliy

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Seeing all the small planted Betta setups.. well I could not resist and picked up a 5 gallon tank yesterday. Filled up the filter with cycled media, and picked up bunch of plants. I want to go pick up a Betta after Thanksgiving.

Thing is, my table is right next to the window, so I put this tank on the window which means it will have direct sunlight shinning the whole day. With my experiences in the past with tanks being in direct sunlight, same spot actually, in about a week the water will turn completely green.

Any suggestions to help prevent this since cutting off lights is not an option? UV light is not option either for such a small setup.
 
If you dont plan on doing partial water changes daily, your going to need to expect some algea growth. I'd say either work your butt off doing water changes of move the aquarium.
 
I'd search the forums here, both General and Newbie Freshwater.

There have been a zillion threads on green water and it was just discussed recently. That's probably why no one has responded.

That said, my 6g betta tank is in the sun quite a bit and I don't have green water at all. It's fairly planted and I have a piece of black felt across the back and sides. Not to keep algae from growing, but to block the sun so I can see my fish :)

I do have some algae, but my two otos take care of that for me.

Roan
 
Vitaliy said:
Thing is, my table is right next to the window, so I put this tank on the window which means it will have direct sunlight shinning the whole day.
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Too much light. Close the curtains, add a bit of screening somehow. How is the tank temperature?? I'd worry about that as much as anything else.

The next thing... does your water contain chloramine? Sometimes when a tank gets geen water it is because the tap water has chloramine adn the water conditioner "treats chloramine" but does not treat the ammonia released after the chloramine is broken into chlorine and ammonia. Green water is great for taking in ammonia. It may actually be your friend if you have free ammonia in the tank. The answer then would be to change water conditioners.

First, call the water department. Ask them if the tap water has chloriane or ammonia in it. If you don't want to do that, then take a gallon of tap water, test for ammonia. Then add the proper amount of water conditioner, and now test again for ammonia. If you see ammonia at his point, then your water has chloramine. Be certain the conditioner you use treats both chloramine and the ammonia it releases.

Check this link for info on conditioners.
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm
 
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