Hi Everyone! I'm so glad I found this site! I've been having a problem with my freshwater aquarium for about a year now (!) and I'm hoping someone can help me. I have a 75 gallon tank with an Emperor filter with biowheels. I've had this aquarium for over 10 years and never had a problem - the tank was always clear, I had beautiful fish that even had many babies! It was easy to care for, cleaned it every 2 weeks or so, never added chemicals except Prime water conditioner at water changes. About a year ago, my fluorescent lighting hood broke, so I upgraded to an LED light. That's when the problems started. After a couple of weeks, the tank developed green hair algae. I put some algae destroyer in it, and the algae cleared up, but the fish started struggling. I tested the water and the pH was really low. I bought pH neutral regulator, then the algae exploded. I was struggling to keep the pH normal, and the water clear, but one by one all of my fish died. The fish store guy recommended product after product, but each one caused a new problem (phosphates, nitrates, pH spikes, algae, etc.). It's been about a year now, I've tried everything that any person who works in a fish store has told me, spent hundreds of dollars on chemicals, filtration media, etc, and still have a mess of a tank. I vacuum the tank, and 2 days later there are blobs of clearish greenish stuff all over. The water is never clear, and turns green if I don't clean it every 2 days or so. I've cut back on light, cut out the food, changed filter media 100 times, with no luck. Right now I have Algone packets, charcoal filter media, and am using algae destroyer and blue/green algae remover. I have one catfish and 2 plecos left (I think they would survive a meteor hitting the earth at this point) and I'm at my wits end. I love my tank, always did, but now it's such a struggle! I need professional advice. If anyone can help, and had the patience to read this whole story, I would really appreciate your advice.
Thank you in advance, and sorry for the long post (it would've been longer had I listed everything I've done!)
Jenn
Thank you in advance, and sorry for the long post (it would've been longer had I listed everything I've done!)
Jenn