Green water

Orlando9220 · Apr 7, 2020

I’ve been having some trouble with my tank having green water. My reading seem to be normal, I only feed once a day, I’ve tried moving my tank somewhere with less sun light & ive reduced my lighting. Still seems to be green. I do a 5gal water change every week (my tanks 20gal). This is what it looks like after my water changes. Will a UV sterilizer help?

GaryE · Apr 7, 2020

How old is your tank, what are your water parameters? What do you have in it?

grady15 · Apr 7, 2020

I had a similar far worse problem last summer (see attached photo) I got a AquaUV Ultraviolet sterilizer and it cleared up in 3 days. Prior to getting it i tried everything from black out periods to large water changes the only thing that fixed it was the UV sterilizer

Scape · Apr 7, 2020

If its goes green you have an algae bloom if it goes white (cloudy) then you have a bacteria bloomon your hands, ithier way invest in a suitable UV sterilizer will clear it right up, good luck!

Orlando9220 · Apr 7, 2020

GaryE said:
How old is your tank, what are your water parameters? What do you have in it?

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: 3
High Range PH: 7.8
Phosphate: 0.2
Salinity: 1.023
Temp: 74

GaryE · Apr 7, 2020

Orlando9220 said:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: 3
High Range PH: 7.8
Phosphate: 0.2
Salinity: 1.023
Temp: 74

What live stock do you have?

lilgrounchuck · Apr 7, 2020

Yes UV will clear that up. It looks like you’re running an hob filter too. Not sure on the size, but I bought this cheap little UV light on Amazon about a year and a half ago and toss it in my HOB every now and then. I’d move it between my fresh and salt tank (after a wash down) and it would clear out algae in the water in about 12 - 24 hrs. If you only need it to clear blooms like that, this thing will do the trick.

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