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Green water help.
According to what I have read, GW is little more than a "phase" the
aquarium goes through if things get slighly off balance. To my understanding the green cloud almost cures itself. That didn't happen and I have been waiting for about 60 days. * Blackout & WC was suggested for others... it didn't help at all. * I cut nutrient supply to about 1/2 (food, fert, and light) * 20% WC every week and a 50% WC. WC's made the cloud less dense for about 3 days. * I rigged a fine-filtration system.... WOW! but the GW replaced any I filtered in about 24-48 hours. * I rigged up a UV sterilizer with an EEPROM eraser. It helped but not much. Maybe the light was not potent enough. Water parameters in my 55g, planted freshwater tank have been: 4dKH(dosed with baking soda) 0 Amm 7.2-7.3pH(dosed CO2) 0.25PO4 2-5ppm nitrates(dosed with potassium nitrate) ......until this week when my PO4 jumped from near zero to 5+. I found my tap(well) water to be the cause of this. It's 5+ right out of the ground! I don't know what happened. I wonder if it's fertilizers from ground run-off in my water supply?? Is this even possible? My plants are growing at exponential rates! I am tired of not seeing my fish or my plants. What's the next step, use only distilled water for WC?? That stinks! Thanks for any help: My website, aquarium info and pics at: http://www.geocities.com/spiral_72/Spirals_page.html |
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