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green water in tropical tank
I have really green water in my tank. I cut down the light they get, cut down feeding and used green away. Nothing has worked. I had the tank for 4 years now and this is the first time the water has been this bad
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How often do you change the water, when you have an algae bloom you may need to change as much as 50% of the water several times before it comes under control, cut back on feeding if they are not eating the food quite quickly and as you said cut the sunlight a bit too.
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Normally once a week. I have a 120l tank and 1 bristle nose , 8 black widows, 3 neon and 4 lemon tetras . I'm not refilling tank as once they die I'm not going to keep doing it. So my tank isn't over stocked. I have heard of blacking out the tank for 3 to 4 days but some Ppl are for and others against. Thanks for reply
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Could it be temperature related ? we have never run a heated tank but I seem to recall it's pretty critical to keep the temperature right and filtration may be needing some help.
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when i kept tropical fish over 30 years ago, the green was to much sun light entering the tank. the same as algae in a pond..
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