Water has turned green

RisiganL. said:
rcb031, I am trying to grow green water for my daphnia (with no success). How did you grow yours? Did you just have a lot of light and fish food?
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I've got a florescent bulb on for a good part of the day and the feeder seems to have fed them too much, I had no intention on this happening...it just kinda did
 
Here's what my water currently looks like
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Well have heard of people using daphnia to cure green water. They take out the fish for a little while, introduce some daphnia, and then in a week all the algae is gone (supposedly). After that put you fish back in the tank and let them eat up the daphnia.
 
RisiganL. said:
rcb031, I am trying to grow green water for my daphnia (with no success). How did you grow yours? Did you just have a lot of light and fish food?
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Take vacuumed tank water with some substrate in large glass jar and put it on the window sill where it get at least afternoon sun.
 
rcb031 said:
Hey everyone...its been a long time but I'm back with more questions...I have recently had my 10 gallon FW tank turn green on me...After trying some "Jungle Buddies - Water Clear" tablets, a full water change and scrubbing all my decorations under hot water, and changing the sponge and carbon filter I have had the water go back to being green...Any one know what might be the issue or recommend something that I might be able to do to help clean up the water and make it purtty again?
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Without going thru whole series of tests, I would just cut out light completely for few days/week, even room lights.
If it works out, then fine. If the algae returns, I would find the ways to analyze your tank and tap water further (phosphate, nitrate kits?).

I know of some household who has injection system which were meant to keep the water pipes clean but these compund do contain phosphate in them which will be avail for algae with time.

Algicide would kill algae and as dead algae break down, it itself become nutrients for more algae.
As far as tank clarifier, it is probably just coagulants. Filter probably will clog up fast thus minimizing water flows and they can alter the pH (ususally pH drops).
For these reasons, I wouldnt use either products. Waste of money.

Hope all works out!
 
Cerianthus said:
Take vacuumed tank water with some substrate in large glass jar and put it on the window sill where it get at least afternoon sun.
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unfortunately I live in an apartment and am only facing south east...so no matter what I'll be getting a lot of light throughout the day :(..thanks for the suggestions...I'll report back within a few days to let everyone know how things are going...
 
so I've 6 days with 5 hours less light beaming down on the tank and the water is doing much better :)

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thanks for the suggestions everyone
 
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