An odd thing is happening with my 55 gallon, my water is getting a greenish murkiness to it. it merely looks like a slight green tint (at first I just assumed it was light filtering through an algea covered tank cover). But now I notice fish further back in the tank fade away into the green making it seem like some king of micro algea in the water.
Is this potentially harmful?
Is their a way to cure this?
Yes, I do use live plants but lately my Fat Sleeper Goby has been destroying them.
a green murk
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, Feb 05 2010 12:17 AM
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Posted 05 February 2010 - 01:02 AM
Floating plants like hornwort, frogbit, and duckweed (I would avoid duckweed though) can outcompete the algae for nutrients. This can provide you a long term solution. A good rapid solution you could use in conjucture with this problem would be add daphnia if you can find some. They will eat it pretty fast and then your fish can eat them.
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Posted 05 February 2010 - 02:02 PM
You have what is known as "green water". Your feeling is right; it is suspended algae. Search the forum for treatment with peroxide for an immediate solution. Longer term, you need to reduce nutrients, lighting, or both.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 10:28 PM
An odd thing is happening with my 55 gallon, my water is getting a greenish murkiness to it. it merely looks like a slight green tint (at first I just assumed it was light filtering through an algea covered tank cover). But now I notice fish further back in the tank fade away into the green making it seem like some king of micro algea in the water.
Is this potentially harmful?
Is their a way to cure this?
Yes, I do use live plants but lately my Fat Sleeper Goby has been destroying them.
As the others indicated this is phytoplankton (algae). What are your nitrates at?
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