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My water seemed to have turned orangy and brownish...
How do I fix this problem?
2007-05-07 02:40:08 · 8 answers · asked by $tArGaZeR 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Assuming you don't have peat moss or driftwood in the tank then the most likely cause is a build up of proteins and fats in the water. Odds are very, very slim that it's free floating brown algae, they almost never appear in a free floating state and are basically attached algae.
Treatments such as stress coat or stresszyme are more likely to contribute to the problem that help it as they will only add more bio active materials to the tank.
I would suggest a fairly large water change of about 50% or so including a good gravel cleaning and then add some carbon to the filter. You should see the color (and the cause) disappear within 24 hours.
MM
2007-05-07 03:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Agree with MM.
Another possible cause is TOO MUCH FOOD!! Overfeeding is the most common cause for water quality issues in home aquariums. Most commercially avaiable flake and pellet food will turn the water brownish if the fish aren't eating it all. It just goes to the bottom and dissolves, turning the water the same tint as the food.
2007-05-07 03:27:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I also agree with MM and Fish guy, but will add another few possibilities. Do you have rocks in the tank that were found? In some areas, the rocks contain iron and this will give the water an orange tint (think of photos of acid mine drainage) as the iron leaches. Also if you have aquarium plants, you can get orange from over use of iron supplements for the plants.
2007-05-07 22:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
allright...decrease the amount of any light exposed to the tank
clean the gravel every week by doing a 25% water change too
get some algae eaters
get a filter if you do not have one
treat it w/ algaefix or something like that and scrub scrub scrub! ( dont treat if you have snails or other invertebrates)
get your water tested and make sure everything checks out okay.
it is vital you do a 25% water change each week.... that way the water in there will not become toxic, and doing only 25% will keep the good bacteria and established water settle
algae loves fresh tap water, so using a water conditioner like aqua safe, stress zyme, etc...will help that and also benefit your fish
good luck
2007-05-07 03:04:27 · answer #4 · answered by Twilite 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have your water tested for water quality (ammoina, nitrates, nitrites, ect). If you have driftwood in the tank the color can be from the leaching of the wood. Its called tannins. It is the same reason many lakes and rivers are brown.
A water change will help in any case. If it is b/c of the wood, it will take a really long time to leach out compleatly and will take many frequent water changes to clear it up.
Good luck!
2007-05-07 02:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by lilith 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
change the tank water as mch as possible. brown color of the water is due to the presence of brown algae (paeophytes). its bloom is very dangerous. try to fertilize the tank a little after you changed the water. you can use triple 16 or any fertilizer that contain N P and K
about the orange coloration. i don't know of any organism that is green in color that could have grown and multiplied in your tank.. could it be reflection of any orange color matter around in your tank?
2007-05-07 02:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Either take out your wood from the tank or stop peeing in it
2007-05-07 02:43:55 · answer #7 · answered by Space Ghosty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
change it
2007-05-07 02:49:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋