From green to clear - overnight

[lizard]

Last night, before I went to bed, the water in my 29-gallon was greenish, just like it has been for the last month or so. The green started after I added CopperSafe and despite frequent water changes and the removal of the CopperSafe, I couldn't get the green to go away. I woke up this morning and turned on the tank lights and the water was crystal clear! I had to look a few times - I couldn't believe the water was so clear! It's perfectly clear.

How the heck did that happen? Any ideas as to why? Did the little green algae just finish their life cycles and die off?

Not that I'm complaining...I'm quite happy with the way the tank looks now (I can clearly see the back of the tank now, yay!). I'm just wondering how/why it got clear so suddenly.

Pamela
aka Married Lizard

 

[Gill]

Same thing,

I have had Greenish water for a while and then on Tuesday It was Crystal Clear.

The Only Thing I did Was use a Cotton bud to Completely Cleanout the Filter and Motor. But It made all the Difference.

 

[Cat]

Mines greenish help me
Did a water change its still the same

 

[Cat]

Just found this about green wter...

Water changes will reduce green water temporarily, but will not elminate it. Completely blocking out all light for three days or more is very effective. The use of a diatomic filter will remove the suspended algae. If daphnia are available, they will quickly eat the microscopic aglae, then in turn be eaten by the fish

My fish will eat the daphnia, before they gets the chance to eat of the algea