Help! Green water.

[meg1]

Help my son tank is green done water change and filter clean water looks smokey

 

[Aiken Drum]

Is this a new aquarium or an established?

Do you know your water parameters?

Has this gradually got worse or suddenly appeared?

It looks like an algae bloom more than likely caused by excess light and/ or nutrients.

How far away from natural light (eg. window, rooflight etc) is the aquarium? How long are the aquarium lights on for?

How big is the aquarium? How many fish and what species? Are the fish being overfed?

 

[meg1]

The tank is about 2 months
Its 190 litres he has 10 neons, 6 guppies, 2 mollies, 2 glass catfish, 3 harlequin tetras, 3 small bristlenose catfish.
It appeared over the day.
It is near a window but curtains are closed and light is only on maybe 7hrs a day.
They have not been over fed.
Not sure of the parameters.

Is this a new aquarium or an established?

Do you know your water parameters?

Has this gradually got worse or suddenly appeared?

It looks like an algae bloom more than likely caused by excess light and/ or nutrients.

How far away from natural light (eg. window, rooflight etc) is the aquarium? How long are the aquarium lights on for?

How big is the aquarium? How many fish and what species? Are the fish being overfed?

 

[Aiken Drum]

I would take a sample of water to test later and then do another big water change. Remove a sample first, so we know what the parameters are before you improved conditions by the water change. Make sure you use a reliable test kit, not test strips. Test for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. If you dont want the expense of a test kit take a sample to an aquarium store, and write down the numbers. Don't accept them saying everything is "good" or whatever. Get actual numbers off them.

Is there any chance a load of food might have got into the aquarium by accident? Or any other contaminants?

 

[meg1]

I would take a sample of water to test later and then do another big water change. Remove a sample first, so we know what the parameters are before you improved conditions by the water change. Make sure you use a reliable test kit, not test strips. Test for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. If you dont want the expense of a test kit take a sample to an aquarium store, and write down the numbers. Don't accept them saying everything is "good" or whatever. Get actual numbers off them.

Is there any chance a load of food might have got into the aquarium by accident? Or any other contaminants?

No as son is 10 i told him i would feed them so he didn't over feed them.
Ok i will do that is there a kit you suggest best to buy?

 

[Aiken Drum]

API Freshwater Master Testkit covers what you need to test for, is reliable enough for what you want, and is fairly easy to use. Just make sure whatever you get is a liquid drop test kit though, not test strips.

Are the fish acting OK?

 

[meg1]

API Freshwater Master Testkit covers what you need to test for, is reliable enough for what you want, and is fairly easy to use. Just make sure whatever you get is a liquid drop test kit though, not test strips.

Are the fish acting OK?

Thankyou i will get a kit tomorrow if they have one in town.
Yeah fish are fine.