It is fresh water. I already change the water multiple times. Five gallons at a time, to try to get rid of the alge. Any thing I can do to finnaly see my fish. I also cut the light to about 9 hours a day.
2007-01-28 00:20:17 · 14 answers · asked by sharp_shooter 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Cloudy water is one of two things.
If the water is green then it is an algae bloom. Algae blooms are caused by too much light and too many nutrients in the water. They are relatively easily cleared up by reducing the lighting, especially direct sunlight, and by lower the nutrients in the water. Reducing the lighting is easy. Simply shut off the light on the tank and only run it for 8-10 hours a day. You should also ensure that your tank isn't getting any direct sunlight as this will cause you algae problems, either as a green bloom or simply algae on the tank and ornaments. You lower the nutrients by doing more frequent and larger water changes and by feeding less. Fish should be fed only what they can eat entirely in 5-10 seconds. Any uneaten food should be netted out of the tank to prevent it from breaking down.
If the water is white then it is a bacterial bloom. These are caused exclusively by too many nutrients in the tank. To clear the water you will need to increase the frequency and size of your water changes, and decrease the feeding. Fish should be fed only what they can eat entirely in 5-10 seconds. Any uneaten food should be netted out of the tank to prevent it from breaking down.
Neither cloudy water situation is particularly harmful to your fish but are a symptom of a greater underlying problem that must be resolved.
One way to clear the cloudy water immediately is through the use of a micron or diatom filter. This will pull out the particles that cause the cloudiness, but it WILL NOT resolve the problem that caused the particles to be there. This is a short term fix and needs to be used in conjuction with the above fixes.
2007-01-28 00:36:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say it but it is hard to get rid of alge once it takes hold of your aquarium, but there are several things you can do that can help get it under control.
First, you said your cut the light to about 9 hours a day, but is the aquarium near a window, or in a very well it area, as this can help the alge production, regardless of how often you turn th elight off.
Secondly, I dont know how big your aquarium is, but you might want to do a larger water change. Set up a small holder tank and pull out your fish, then take their toys out and give them a good scrubbing and do about a 50% water change. Also when you do your water change, having one of those vacuums that can suck the crap out of your rocks is a good idea, as the alge spoors can be down in there. Also when you do your water change, make sure to pull your filter cartridge out and change it as well. If you havent done this, i bet that when you do the back side is covered in alge. Hope this helps.
2007-01-28 00:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by Brett B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most of the people answering this question have told you to scrape the algae or change the water. Scraping the algae or a major water change will address the symptom but won't fix the problem. Algae is actually a good thing. Too much algae isn't bad in itself, but too much algae points to a major problem.
The problem: the nitrate levels in your tank are too high (too much fish poop). Your ammonia levels are probably high as well.
The solution: reduce the number of fish in your tank and add some live plants. Water Sprite is a good, cheap, low maintenance aquatic plant. But, it grows fast, so you'll need to be prepared to do some pruning.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
2007-01-28 15:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you need to do is get those fish out of the tank and put them in a temporary fish bowl. Then you dump out all of the water. After this is done scrub out the fish tank to get all of the algae out. Then put new gravel in the bottom in the tank also put a filter in. A fish tank is always going to get algae in it when it does this means it is time for a cleaning. This cleaning should be done once to twice a month.
2007-01-28 00:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Goldfish are dirty, and their tanks tend to be dirty as well. They put off a lot of ammonia, so your algae eater may die from the water quality. If you want to try anyway, get a plecostamus- they are large, effective cleaner fish, and they are not as sensitive as otocinclus fish or chinese algae eaters. I would suggest you try an under-gravel filter as well as the regular filter, to help control the excess gunk in the water and gravel.
2016-03-29 06:11:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have same problem
I went to fish shop they have a chemical that will not hurt fish add a few drops after you've cleaned the water No more green
Sorry I cannot think of name of the chemical, but they do have it.
also make sure your water isn't too warm. I used to change water every other day until I found that chemical.
Good Luck!
2007-01-28 00:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Add a chemical (algae clear, or something similar) that you can get at your local pet store. Changing more than 1/4 of your water daily can be dangerous to your fish. Good luck.
2007-01-28 01:46:12 · answer #7 · answered by a.malin@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Still too much...
too much light
too many fish
too much food
and you need to change the water to remove excess nutrients
2007-01-28 00:30:02 · answer #8 · answered by Michael S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would buy a scavenger fish to clean the tank.
2007-01-28 00:29:20 · answer #9 · answered by greatnewsbearer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever put a fish safe cleaning agent in there, or have you ever considered putting an algea fish in there.
2007-01-28 03:34:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋