BigFishSmallPond
Fish Crazy
Hello! =] bout 2 weeks ago my 45 gallon just suddenly got greener and greener til u couild barely see ANYTHING inside. Normally i do weekly water changes but since this has started i been doing them every three days or so. I have lots of rock in the tank (its an mbuna tank) and it had gotten quite green. I wasnt scrubbing it during water changes (this could be a lot of work) and the green only seemed to get worse. Yesterday i seperated my pregnant cichlid and did a HUGE water change. I pulled out most of the rocks and decorations. I cleaned out the intake of the filter and rinsed its sponge in tank water(it was DISGUSTING and turned the water DARK green) The water looks MUCH cleaner now and seems to be staying that way.(the next day). Now this only started occuring the last few weeks and the last few weeks it has gotten quite sunny (27 degrees +) and my living room probably starts to get light at 5-6 am. My lights are on at 8 off at 8. Duz this mean my tank is getting light from 5 or soin the morning to 8 at night? Is this the reason for my overgrowing tank? Perhaps should i set my timer for 6 am and go 6am-6pm? my other tanks that go on at 8-8 are all crystal clear and so was this one till recently. One is in a corner in my dining room and stays shady the other in my office/theater that stay dark ALL day(its the clearest of em all).
Thanks for any info u can provide. =]
Thanks for any info u can provide. =]