Green water

[suicideissleep]

So my frag tank has been set up for four months. It's a 60g rimless with20 g sump I have two fish couple snails its bare bottom have some rock in there all was good till I added vodka to rid some algea next day water was green I have ran a filter sock, skimmer, carbon, gfo and still no help water has been green for four weeks have done 6 30 gallon water changes and it keeps coming back and input woukd be awesome pulling my hair out

 

[mtc1966]

wow that's a tuffy I cant see how 2 fish and a couple snail could cause such trouble with out over feeding . but I am sure that was already cut back on. is there any kind of plastic in the tank that may be leaching ?

 

[Tweaked]

Borrow a UV, bet that clears it overnight

 

[mtc1966]

I know some one with a uv that should clear a small tank in a couple hours

 

[Hudds]

You've created an algae bloom in water column. The only solution is a uv lamp with low flow. Duration to have it cleaned will depend on lamp size.

 

[phillrodrigo]

Usually green water us a massive bacteria growth isnt it. By adding the vodka you just fueled them to explode in population. Vodka dosing feeds nitrafying bacteria so there population can expand if I understand it all right. How much vodka did you add

 

[Chriskid]

check ph. greenwater grows best in 7.4 ph. did you make a phyto reactor...lol

 

[Chriskid]

Usually green water us a massive bacteria growth isnt it. By adding the vodka you just fueled them to explode in population. Vodka dosing feeds nitrafying bacteria so there population can expand if I understand it all right. How much vodka did you add

usually carbon sources grow bacteria that is white. hence the cloudy water when overdosed.

 

[phillrodrigo]

Makes sense. I would also go to vinegar instead of vodka. Maybe quinidence but ive read many threads of people getting cyano after dosing vodka

 

[suicideissleep]

check ph. greenwater grows best in 7.4 ph. did you make a phyto reactor...lol

Yea and its been getting darker lol should bottle it Jp but the corals are happy it's weird and I feed once a week

 

[Collinrb]

keep it green!

 

[suicideissleep]

Worried there isn't enough light for the coral but they are open 24/7 and growing lol

 

[triggreef]

Cut the photo period might help

 

[suicideissleep]

Down to 4 hours just 2 t5s

 

[mtc1966]

bottle and sell

 

[Pallobi]

UV, clear it right up, quick, easy and painless.

 

[mtc1966]

uv may clear it up but what caused it ?

 

[suicideissleep]

I dosed .2ml first day and was green next day I thought maybe it was random so I went on with my dosing like I would normally and nothing changed so I thought it was the vodka so I stopped that still no change still changing filter socks like crazy and I empty my skimmer every day I'm very stumped so I figured someone on here might know a cause


Me and UVs are still on the fence I like my microscopic life in my tank to much


I think I just need a bigger skimmer lol my fix to everything just go bigger

 

[Chriskid]

Yea and its been getting darker lol should bottle it Jp but the corals are happy it's weird and I feed once a week

so whats the ph?

 

[Chriskid]

phose and nitrates might be feeding the phyto.......(with co2) = phyto