Green Water in my Aquarium
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Hey I wanted to talk about a problem that is actually common in aquariums, it is Green Water. Well Green water isn’t really bad for fish, its just free floating algae and people actually have green water tanks for their fish cause its good for them. The Algae actually eats up waste which helps reduce ammonia. There are a few down sides though, you cant see your fish very good and at night the algae uses the oxygen in the water so your fish my not have enough.
Well what you could do to reduce the green cloud if you do not want green water and see your tropical fish and have a nice aquarium. First is turn off the lights for 3 to 5 days, and only have the light on when you are feeding your fish. There are also chemicals you can use, even though I am really not a big fan on chemicals to reduce anything but hey it is faster.
I also recommend a book that could help on the subject
Algae: A Problem Solver Guide by Julian Sprung
