I'm almost to the point of pulling out all the live plants and throwing them in the trash...
So I started with a "normal" tank. I'm using play sand and had some drift wood. I decided I wanted a planted tank. I had plants in the past, never had problems, so i figured why not. So I went out and got lights ( its about 1.5 wpg 6,500k i believe) and some plants (all swords). I started doing some research and decided I needed co2. After much research I went with just using flourish excel. I then also decided i needed firtz. I'm currently using some type (i think its kents?) which is 1-0-0 and root tabs. everything seemed to be ok for a while.
Fast forward a few weeks and bam! this weird slimy green stuff. I find out its BGA. This is about the same point I get 2 new filters (aquaclear 30gallon) for $40. I now have 3 filters running at this point to build up BB in the new ones. looking into the problem more I also notice with the changing season, sunlight now enters the window and hits my tank for a few hours a day.So I fix the light issue. One day I get home from work and I notice my chocolate ghost knife is acting funny...next day he's dead. And every few days I loose another fish (angels). I decide to treat with Maracyn.
I also get sick of having tea colored water and add purigen.
All the BGA dies and my fish stop dieing and.......Green Water!
My tank is no longer a light yellow tint, its now so green I cannot see half way into the tank.
Any help would be so appreciated. Im just getting to the point where I want to start over but I don't really have the time or finances to do so.
P.s. my PH, ammonia, and nitrites all test perfect I always do water changes every few days ect.
So I started with a "normal" tank. I'm using play sand and had some drift wood. I decided I wanted a planted tank. I had plants in the past, never had problems, so i figured why not. So I went out and got lights ( its about 1.5 wpg 6,500k i believe) and some plants (all swords). I started doing some research and decided I needed co2. After much research I went with just using flourish excel. I then also decided i needed firtz. I'm currently using some type (i think its kents?) which is 1-0-0 and root tabs. everything seemed to be ok for a while.
Fast forward a few weeks and bam! this weird slimy green stuff. I find out its BGA. This is about the same point I get 2 new filters (aquaclear 30gallon) for $40. I now have 3 filters running at this point to build up BB in the new ones. looking into the problem more I also notice with the changing season, sunlight now enters the window and hits my tank for a few hours a day.So I fix the light issue. One day I get home from work and I notice my chocolate ghost knife is acting funny...next day he's dead. And every few days I loose another fish (angels). I decide to treat with Maracyn.
I also get sick of having tea colored water and add purigen.
All the BGA dies and my fish stop dieing and.......Green Water!
My tank is no longer a light yellow tint, its now so green I cannot see half way into the tank.
Any help would be so appreciated. Im just getting to the point where I want to start over but I don't really have the time or finances to do so.
P.s. my PH, ammonia, and nitrites all test perfect I always do water changes every few days ect.