TeenyFish
Aquarium Advice Activist
With all due respect, this thread is a train wreck.
Patience is the greatest tool.
Use it.
Yes, your tank was green.
So, you had company coming over.
"Excuse the tank, got a great algae bloom on the go". That's all you had to say.
Or throw a blanket over it, if you didn't want them to see it at all. "Sorry about the blanket, plants are settling in".
Instead, you dumped a whole bunch of stuff in there and created more problems.
So many people here told you how to correct it, but they all take time. So, instead of following the advice, you do your own thing.
See what happens now.
Hopefully you've managed to sort it somehow.
Taking out the water won't have hurt the cycle as long as the filter media stayed wet and it was a timely switch. 95% of your bacteria are in your filter media, and the other 5% are scattered around substrate, decor, and the water column.
If changing water is too much effort, maybe go back to the smaller tank for now.
Patience is the greatest tool.
Use it.
Yes, your tank was green.
So, you had company coming over.
"Excuse the tank, got a great algae bloom on the go". That's all you had to say.
Or throw a blanket over it, if you didn't want them to see it at all. "Sorry about the blanket, plants are settling in".
Instead, you dumped a whole bunch of stuff in there and created more problems.
So many people here told you how to correct it, but they all take time. So, instead of following the advice, you do your own thing.
See what happens now.
Hopefully you've managed to sort it somehow.
Taking out the water won't have hurt the cycle as long as the filter media stayed wet and it was a timely switch. 95% of your bacteria are in your filter media, and the other 5% are scattered around substrate, decor, and the water column.
If changing water is too much effort, maybe go back to the smaller tank for now.