Green Water

[MadMike]

I have a 8 gal nano, and my water keeps turning green. i've done full water changes with tap water, then distilled water, and finally i went and bought pre made salt water. all the times i changed it it was clear for a day then turned green the next day.
if any one knows what i should do about it let me know.
-mike

[copperband]

one thing is dont do full water changes it will hurt your tank

[Troy Valentine]

Sounds like a Diatom bloom,

What type of substrate do you have? Is it from an old tank? My guess it that you have alot of iron or a build up of some other heavy metal. If you use tap water this is easy to do.

[Troy Valentine]

Also, how old are your bulbs? Replace them if they are old. Many bulbs on the market can turn to a red spectrum when they get old, sometimes even new bulbs will do this. This red spectrum will amplify your algae problem.

[MadMike]

I just got that tank for my girl friend for xmas, so everything is new. she gots in the tank is 2 domino damsels so we dont rilly care if they die. but i still cant figure out what the problem is.

[jroescher]

If you just got it for Christmas, then it's probably still cycling.

[MadMike]

Sounds like a Diatom bloom,

What type of substrate do you have? Is it from an old tank? My guess it that you have alot of iron or a build up of some other heavy metal. If you use tap water this is easy to do.


its live sand from another tank i had and there is some green hair algae in the sand, so i'm starting to think it is because of that.