thetmaxx
Aquarium Advice Activist
When I changed my lighting from some makeshift plant lights from wal*mart to a real 55gal over head light, My water started gettign cloudy. When I drained soem of the water in a white bucket it was easy to see it was green. After a few days of not running the lgiht, the water quickly cleared up.
It's a 48" 40Watt Bulb with reflective material behind the bulb.
Very bright, but I didn't think it would be bright enough to cause algae problems. The problem is I have is my plants ned light too, but running the light all day quickly brings back the green water. My heater keeps the tank at about 75 F. I don't have many fish, and chanhe my water and filter on a normal schedual that doesn't differ from before i had the lights. ALso my chemicals are all in the ideal range rfor a tropical aquarium.
What can I do to combat the green water? Thank You!!
It's a 48" 40Watt Bulb with reflective material behind the bulb.
Very bright, but I didn't think it would be bright enough to cause algae problems. The problem is I have is my plants ned light too, but running the light all day quickly brings back the green water. My heater keeps the tank at about 75 F. I don't have many fish, and chanhe my water and filter on a normal schedual that doesn't differ from before i had the lights. ALso my chemicals are all in the ideal range rfor a tropical aquarium.
What can I do to combat the green water? Thank You!!