Re: Green water

[Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>]

Algaefix does nothing good in my tanks, tried it on several kinds of 
algae. Mostly kills stem plants. One time it wiped out hair algae and I 
got all excited, but then it didn't do squat on two other types of hair 
algae.
Anyone got an HOT Magnum with the superfine filter? Heard that sometimes 
works. Don't bother with the Whisper Diatomagic, but I hear the Vortex 
Diatom filter will work. If you can get someone to loan you one, the 
resulting algae/diatom paste makes a great addition to the garden.
If you are not using super strong filtration you could remove any 
carnivorous fish and add daphnia or rotifers, they should take it out, 
and then when it's gone do a massive water change to remove the little 
critters before they crash and pollute the tank. Even if you do have 
carnivorous fish they likely will leave rotifers alone, unless they are 
very small fish.
Definitely turn down heat, and is it possible there is phosphate in your 
tapwater? It's in mine... I use only R/O water now in the marine tanks 
as phosphate is very bad. We also have toxic levels of nitrate and 
ammonia, according to my test kits. I now drink R/O too... The nitrate 
and ammonia wouldn't do much in the freshwater tanks other than 
fertilize the plants, but in the marine tanks it's a very bad thing.
Did you by any chance use Job's plant spikes in the substrate? That's 
what set my greenwater off. Now I culture greenwater on purpose to feed 
the rotifers. Go figure. It's hard to grow on purpose!
Olympia, It's the Water
Kate

Bob and Judy Holmes wrote:

> I'm getting really tired of fighting a recurring green water problem 
> in one of my planted tanks and am ready to resort to chemical warfare. 
> There is a product available called AlgaeFix that the mfrs claim is 
> very effective and is safe for fish and plants. Has anyone had any 
> experience with this stuff? Is it available locally? Any info  would 
> be appreciated. Thanks.
> Bob.
>
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