Green Water

[Gwapo66]

Hello. I've had some pretty green water in the past week. In the last three days I've covered the tank for no light, reduced feeding and bought a phosphate pad. The question I have is where do I place the pad. I have a 26 gal tank with the fluval C3 filter.

[Delapool]

Hi, did you get pad placement sorted out? Did the green water go away?

[Gwapo66]

Thanks. Yes I did. I covered up the tank for 4 days and reduced feeding. Also added a phosphate pad on top of the carbon in the Fluval C3 filter. With weekly water changes all should be good.

[Brookster123]

Phosphates do not cause green algae in fw systems, quite the contrary actually.

[dcutl002]

A UV sterilizer will work.

[flchamp89]

Originally Posted by Brookster123

Phosphates do not cause green algae in fw systems, quite the contrary actually.

Thank you. Plaster that some where.