Green Water Planted Tank

Other than adding the root tabs i haven t changed a thing on this tank in years.

Green water planted tank.

For aquascapers that had tanks with chronic gda wiping the glass on a weekly basis might seem like an inevitable thing we assure you that it is not. Small filter filled with matrix. Plant red flame sword. It is easily wiped off but comes back quickly.

This is a unicellular algae. Pressurized co2 oase canister filter fluval plant led light. Substrate is fluorite dark. Green water planted tank.

Green dust algae is a common algae that appears as a green film on tank walls. The water turns into a cloudy green colour. This form of algae is also known as green pea soup. First and foremost this is a experiment on green water tanks and i will be posting my findings as i go.

Sent up 10gal tank. Yep the phytoplankton that turn water green are a commonly used supplement for reef tanks and are eaten by corals. Now that you know what it is what causes it and how to get it under control green water should no longer be a problem in your aquarium. Ammonia is often the main cause green water.

For the rest of us green water is an unwanted pest that blocks our view. I used to never have green water but i got shrimp then they died leading to a nutrient spike. Sometimes green water is the result of a whitish discoloration of the water. Tank is 55 gallons with sand substrate.

Sometimes just a green tint other times it can look like pea soup. Green killing machine weekly 15 water changes weekly dosing with niclog thrive weekly dosing with api algaefix. Today the water has shifted to cloudy and green. I tried to go back to what it was before by doing a couple water changes but the green water seems to keep coming back.

The planted tank forum specific aspects of a planted tank algae will green water clear up in time w plants. These algae float freely in the water and do not settle on surfaces like the glass decoration or equipment in the tank. I am using the chemical that gets rid of algae and green water with no success. Previous to green water tank was fine and.

So you want it gone. There may have been an ammonia spike that isn t detected with test kits. This may occur particularly in new tanks planted tanks that are not biologically mature.