Ldy-Icedragon
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Heyas everyone,
I have three tanks, a 30 gallon and a 15 that are established and never had any problems with. 2 Weeks ago I set up a 10 gallon to seperate a bully gourami, he's housed with 2 hatchet fish and 1 CAE. The tank was crystal clear for a week with just the algae eater so I added the 3 others, a day later the water turned extremely cloudy. I thought it was a nitrite spike so I cleaned the tank, it again turned crystal clear. 1 day later it returned to cloudy, since then I've done about 5 partial water changes with no success. I've also noticed that the water I take out seems greenish and there's red algae all over the glass. I've never had this problem before, I'm suspecting that the problem may be that the 10 uses a flourescent light, while my others use incandescent, could that be causing the algae problem? I;m not sure, I'm no lighting expert. Either way I hope someone can give me some good advice, I want a clear tank again!
~Danielle
I have three tanks, a 30 gallon and a 15 that are established and never had any problems with. 2 Weeks ago I set up a 10 gallon to seperate a bully gourami, he's housed with 2 hatchet fish and 1 CAE. The tank was crystal clear for a week with just the algae eater so I added the 3 others, a day later the water turned extremely cloudy. I thought it was a nitrite spike so I cleaned the tank, it again turned crystal clear. 1 day later it returned to cloudy, since then I've done about 5 partial water changes with no success. I've also noticed that the water I take out seems greenish and there's red algae all over the glass. I've never had this problem before, I'm suspecting that the problem may be that the 10 uses a flourescent light, while my others use incandescent, could that be causing the algae problem? I;m not sure, I'm no lighting expert. Either way I hope someone can give me some good advice, I want a clear tank again!
~Danielle