Recent content by sotr4242

Wow I had no idea. It makes a lot of sense that it's algae. It sits with the right side not far from a window that gets a lot of sun in the afternoon. Can I use an algaecide?

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So here are my numbers: pH. 7.6 Ammonia 0. Nitrites: 0. Nitrates: 5 ppm Please advise. The tank looks horrible. Wish I knew how to post a pic. Thanks so much.

testing I do have a test kit and will do that today and post the results. I thought perhaps the store was a better place to get it done. The water is cloudy, but it looks green. But it does NOT look like algae at all. There is no coating on anything, and I have had algae on tanks before...

We set up a new 37 gallon freshwater tank about 2 months ago. I am new to this, but my son, who I'm doing this with, has a few smaller tanks that don't have any problems. This new tank was fine for a while, but as he started adding fish (probably too quickly apparently), we were getting...