My water has turned completely green
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All tank levels are perfect. Nitrites, nitrates etc... everything is normal. I assume I have some sort or algae bloom. But nothing seems to be clearing it up. I did a water change a couple weeks ago and it was crystal clear for about 3 days until it came back.
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You may want to do some heavy water changes once a week for a while, see if that clears it up.
What's your filtration? How much do you feed?
john.m.cole3
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Green indicates a phosphate surplus. What brand test kits are you using? A hang on bank filter is mist likely not enough filtration for a 120.
How many fish and corals do you have? are your rocks easy to remove? what kind of sand and his deep is it?
Let's get the #reefsquad on this one!
How many fish and corals do you have? are your rocks easy to remove? what kind of sand and his deep is it?
Let's get the #reefsquad on this one!
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You have your own private culture of phyto going on.
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I was about to say that, lol.
I mean funny as in you don't see that very often that water turns great.
Many ppl have problems just to get it green as they want to farm a culture of phyto
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Is there a window nearby? Did light start hitting it or is it hitting it differently because of the shift in seasons? Did you do anything differently with your light recently? Change your feeding schedule? Change the bio load? Change salinity or temperature? One way to keep a phyto culture going is to thin it out, so sometimes water changes don't make a huge difference as your basically just thinning the "culture". Eventually though, with enough large changes, they eventually clear. Diatomaceous filters work well, but I know a lot of people don't have those, now-a-days. I've seen some green tanks and some of them seemed very resilient for a period of time, but eventually they all "broke" with increased husbandry and paying attention to feedings.
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It's an algae bloom, check parameters and maintain good water quality with necessary water changes. Pick up this uv sterilizer or something similar, run with mj1200 or comparable; and your water will be crystal clear in a day or two.
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"Contaminate" your phyto culture with copepods from Algae Barn, you might still be able to get a BOGO deal. As the bugs eat up the phyto it will slow the growth and establish a natural balance keeping the bugs and phyto at bay.
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. Pods were my thought as well.
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How long are you leaving your lights on for? Also as stated above, is your tank near a window. It could be a combination of things. You said your water was good. Could you post some numbers for us to look over. Then I think we can help you narrow down your problem.
