Re: Green water

[alex wetmore <alex@phred.org>]

What worked for me was a UV filter.  They aren't cheap (about $100),
but no chemicals are involved and they are very effective.

alex

On Tue, 18 May 2004, Trish wrote:

> Bob-
>
> I had had this problem as well, and fought it for a
> several months! Tried everything I could. Water
> changes, no lights, covered the tank, so it would be
> in darkens, changed filter media, as a last resort
> used chemicals....AND they didn't work...... SO what I
> ended up doing was striping down the tank.....got all
> new substrate, and all....new filter media, incase any
> of those nasties were in their....And haven't had any
> problems since! Now granted mine wastn't a planted,
> tank, and only had to goldfish in it....it was my 55
> gallon...But once I striped it down, it was fine.
> Haven't yet figured out what the problem was....
>
> Hope you don't have to go to this measure, for your is
> planted....
>
> Trish
> --- Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com> 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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