My Discus Tank Keeps Turning Green!!!
- Thread starter theblueprint
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Light + nitrogen = green
First look at the source of nitrogen, for it could be ammonia (terrible!), nitrites (very bad!), or nitrates (still bad!).
It could be lack of filtration from dirty filter, undersized filter, crashed filter from meds or low pH.
Or it could be ammonia from improper water treatment, as in if you had chloramine and used a water treatment that says "treats chloramine and chlorine" but does not also say "treats ammonia". In any case, green water or green algae is your friend in that it uses the products that otherwise could harm your fish.
Please do water tests for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, as well as pH and share that data with us.
Then work on reducing the lighting, but realize that the green is telling you you have a nitrigen probelm, if you cut off the light without addressing that issue the fish will suffer.
First look at the source of nitrogen, for it could be ammonia (terrible!), nitrites (very bad!), or nitrates (still bad!).
It could be lack of filtration from dirty filter, undersized filter, crashed filter from meds or low pH.
Or it could be ammonia from improper water treatment, as in if you had chloramine and used a water treatment that says "treats chloramine and chlorine" but does not also say "treats ammonia". In any case, green water or green algae is your friend in that it uses the products that otherwise could harm your fish.
Please do water tests for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, as well as pH and share that data with us.
Then work on reducing the lighting, but realize that the green is telling you you have a nitrigen probelm, if you cut off the light without addressing that issue the fish will suffer.
If you dont understand that then you need to do a lot of research on how to responsibly keep fish....
I think its likely from having the lights on. Do you have plants in the tank? If not, then you do not need lights. The lights should only be on max 2-3 hours a day. Green water is usually algae bloom from excessive nutrients + light.
-Diana
I think its likely from having the lights on. Do you have plants in the tank? If not, then you do not need lights. The lights should only be on max 2-3 hours a day. Green water is usually algae bloom from excessive nutrients + light.
-Diana
anonapersona said:
let's start with that... can you test? If not, go buy an Aquarium Pharmacuticals Master Test Kit, or maybe the local fish store will test you water.
Need:
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
pH
KH
What jargon?
Theres no way to know about the nitrogen cycle and not know what everything is called
Theres no way to know about the nitrogen cycle and not know what everything is called
~*LuvMyKribs*~ said:What jargon?
Theres no way to know about the nitrogen cycle and not know what everything is called
thank you....dont worry ill figure it out....
theblueprint said:
What? Did you add phosphate or reduce phosphates? I don't see how phosphates would change anything.