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Re: Green water



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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