RE: HOT Magnum filter

["Walburger, David" <DWalburger@Epochbio.com>]

Elaine,

It seems that most greenwater problems happen with new tanks and that they
seem to go away on their own with proper care.

In my opinion, these green water problems occur due to unbalanced microbial
populations in new tanks rather than unbalanced nutrient levels.  Over time
microbes which compete with, or eat algae, will "balance" most tanks out.

In fact, I've had a situation recently where an established tank that I've
grown greenwater for months in on purpose, stopped producing greenwater
after the addition of some snails to take care of some surface algae on the
glass.  I've been unable to grow algae in it regardless of the amount of
nutrients and light I've added.

Dave Walburger 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kritter714@aol.com [mailto:Kritter714@aol.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:41 AM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: HOT Magnum filter

In a message dated 6/30/2004 7:42:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
mark@pearlscott.com writes:
If you are fighting green-water, then most likely you have a nutrient
imbalance (if you are growing plants).  Usually green water appears in
Nitrate limited tanks, and so Nitrates are actually ADDED to remove the
green-water.  It seems counter-intuitive unless you think about how all
the macro-nutrients interact with the growth cycle of plants.

Mark
 no plant in this  tank history of this tank is I had it in storage for a 
couple years because of a move and I was trying to sell it no sale got tired
of 
storing it so I set it up in my spare bedroom ( which fyi has very little 
sunlight exposure) cycled it and put a couple paradise fish in it that were 
inteneded for my pond this spring. water turned green and I couldn't get it
to stay 
cleared  when I got some new fish and tanks at the auction I ook it down
got 
rid of the gravel  and left the tank sit then  re-set the tank up in a 
diferffent spot with different filter sand and fish  water clear for three
days then 
green has stayed that way since  at least the end of april if not longer I 
have tried to change water,the  diatom filter, the algea detstroyer
treatment , 
and phosporus remover to no avail.
  but in the last 2 days  the water has begun to clear with no change except

I tried to set up the other diatom filter must have scared it LOL. this is
the 
first time in  a lot of years of fish keeping  I have had green water  I
hope 
its over.
  Elaine


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