Horrible water. Help!

[danimgale]

So my grandma has a 15 gallon tank that had been up fire about 4 months. She has horrible green cloudy water and I don't know how to fix it. Any ideas?



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[cdness]

UV and a good skimmer did it for a friend of a friend who ran into the same issue...

Do you have any info on her system and the equipment she runs?

 

[beaslbob]

Kill the lights and stop adding food.


my .02

 

[jduck]

Is she using tap water?

 

[kschweer]

Also try running some activated carbon

 

[danimgale]

Its a 14 gallon bio cube running the stock power head. It has 14 lbs of live rock and 20 lbs of live sand. It is running carbon that I just changed on Sunday when I did a 50% water change. only use rodi water. Lights are only on about 7 hours a day and she feeds pellet food every other day. I will go test get water as soon as I can. livestock includes 2 tiny clowns, a fire shrimp and a small cuc with hermits and snails. She also has some xenia, a red mushroom and a few zoas.

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[Reefing Madness]

Use RO/DI or equivilant water. Shut off or black out your tank for 3 days. And get a mean Skimmer. Once your 3 days is up, change 50% of your water.

 

[Tom Does Disney]

grandma?? that thing is yours !!! dont lie lol

is it really the water that is that color or is it the glass??

 

[danimgale]

Ha ha nope not mine! I wouldn't lie about it. Mine is beautiful! Ha ha.

Thanks for the help.

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[danimgale]

It's the water that is that color.

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[NanaReefer]

Sounds/looks like a bacteria bloom.


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[joejoe1055]

Is it in direct sunlight?

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