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Green Water
Ok I have had enough green water. Today I am totally blacking out my tank
for a couple of days and my question is this. Do I continue with co2 injection and running my filter while my tank is blacked out ? |
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"Doug Sheely" wrote in message ... Ok I have had enough green water. Today I am totally blacking out my tank for a couple of days and my question is this. Do I continue with co2 injection and running my filter while my tank is blacked out ? I would suggest to wait with blacking out the tank for a while. Leave this as the last thing to do. This didn't prove to be very effective. Try one of the water purifiers. I had a great deal of success fighting the gw with Bedett Pond Clarifier which you can buy for $10 in the pool section of Home Depot or Lowes. It does a great job and is harmless for the fish. Make sure that you use a simple polishing filter like QuickFilter with Aquaclear powerhead or something similiar to trap the debris. In my case the water went from thick pea soup to cristal clear in 2 hours. In case you still want to black out, switch off co2 since there's no1 there to consume it in the darkness, so it might be harmless if you inject too much. Plus it's beneficial to start pumping the air in the tank, since the bacteria decomposing the gw might consume all the oxigen and the fish and the biofilter may get severely starved in oxygen with all the common consequences that you don't want to get. Good luck. |
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Green Water
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 22:12:55 -0500, "Doug Sheely"
wrote: Ok I have had enough green water. Today I am totally blacking out my tank for a couple of days and my question is this. Do I continue with co2 injection and running my filter while my tank is blacked out ? If possible borrow or buy a UV Filter to put inline with your water return. Run this for a few days to a week and see if the suspended algae doesn't go away. The Polishing filter will work but can't rid you of all of it for the long term |
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Green Water
Thanks for your reply. I purchased a UV Sterilizer this week it has been on
the tank for two days and the water is clearing up considerably. "triathlon" wrote in message ... On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 22:12:55 -0500, "Doug Sheely" wrote: Ok I have had enough green water. Today I am totally blacking out my tank for a couple of days and my question is this. Do I continue with co2 injection and running my filter while my tank is blacked out ? If possible borrow or buy a UV Filter to put inline with your water return. Run this for a few days to a week and see if the suspended algae doesn't go away. The Polishing filter will work but can't rid you of all of it for the long term |
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