Another Greenwater Post

[MaxRady]

Hello everyone,

This seems to be a rather common problem: Tank has really green water, and water changes will just make it a tad bit clearer for a couple of days then right back to green. This is not the first time i have had this problem. I currently have a 75 gallon freshwater set up. I do not have live plants, and i just replaced the fluorescent bulb. I had this problem last year in a 30 gallon aquarium, same set up. One day i just came down and it was clear as day. It happened to a friend of mine as well in a ten gallon aquarium. I have heard that using a UV filter will get rid of it. For a clearer description, these are pictures of what the tank looks like right now:

<a href="http/s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/maxrady/?action=view&current=1230071538.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http/i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/maxrady/1230071538.jpg" border="0" alt="green water 2"></a>

<a href="http/s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/maxrady/?action=view&current=1230071538a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http/i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/maxrady/1230071538a.jpg" border="0" alt="green water"></a>

If anyone has ANY advice or suggestions, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[BigC]

Too much light entering the aquarium (algae) to many neutrients and phosphates for the algae to thrive on.
Use Reverse Osmosis water (cheap kits on the market these days) I mix mine with some tapwater to get the right parameters. Place Rowaphos in the filter chamber. And conduct regular waterchanges. Other than that buy a Diatomic Filter.
Regards
BigC