Cloudy Green Water in AquaPod

[KUDA]

What's happening!!! My tank is cloudy and green. It has been set up for almost 5 weeks. Is there something I can buy, like a chemical, that will clear it up? The pic is in my gallery. Please Help!!!

 

[emerald chondro]

Does the clown act different due to the water....
are you running RoDi unit?

and do a water change

 

[KUDA]

The clown, neon goby, and shrimp act perfectly fine. I used the water from my other tank. The other tank was originally filled with RODI water. I just did a water change today with distilled water.

 

[emerald chondro]

if it doesnt clear up within the next couple days i would make a very large water change....... and maybe cut down on lighting slightly ( i dont knopw if it involves algae but if so cutting the light period should help)

 

[KUDA]

It started out as white cloud, then turned into green cloud. I cut back on my lights. Would a diatom filter help. I was going to try to get one for water polishing. How difficult is it to mantain one, recharging and such? I also added filter floss to the filter in the Pod.

 

[KUDA]

It started out as white cloud, then turned into green cloud. I cut back on my lights. Would a diatom filter help. I was going to try to get one for water polishing. How difficult is it to mantain one, recharging and such? I also added filter floss to the filter in the Pod.

 

[emerald chondro]

I ahve no idea what would help unfortunatly besides doing water changes

 

[syrinx]

Happened to a friend of mines. He added calurpa and put a phos zorb in the tank. Also did a minor water change or two. Like ost cases one day- bam it was gone. Like magic I tells ya. As long as sun isn`t hitting the tank, I would limit light cycles to the minimum required and maybe ad a phoshate remover. i am kind of opposed to water changes as they can recharge the algae that we are trying to get to deplete. The diatom filter was going to be the next step, but in the week we fooled around it cleared up. They are not a plug and play filter- but nothing else can polish water like a diatom. The fact the design hasn`t changed in 40 years should tell you something. Then again the fact few use them should tell you another! It works great but it is a little overwhelming to some folks to break out very often.