New Plants Making My Water Look A Little Green.

[Holly12]

Hello fish lovers I have not been on here for a long time so now that Iam back on here I have something to ask you all. My fish tank is all cycle now and it has 4 rosy barbs 2 brislenose plecos one red tial shark and 2 striped raphael catfish. So Iam now at my limet to have anymore fish in my 30 gallon tank. Ayways I got some live plants and thier are only 2 of them one is grass plant and the other one I got yseterday is a plant that is allready planted in a very pretty wood. I got them both at the petstore I always go too could my plants be making my water a little green? all of my fish are doing great in thier and I know that the plants are making them more healthy and the water too. If anyone can get back to me on this please do all of my settings are great like my PH and my Ammonia and my Nitrite and Nitrate.

Thanks.

 

[RadaR]

Well the human eye is more sensetive to green light than any other colour. Maybe now that you have plants in there, you are seeing my geen light reflected so the water appears green. Other than that, it could be that the plants are experiencing deficiencies. As a result, they are leaching ammonia which has caused a bloom on uni-cellular algae.

 

[Holly12]

Thanks for the replie now can I ask you this what do you mean leaching Ammonia?

 

[Piti]

If you have a white cup or container, you can take a bit of water out to make sure that the water really isnt green I always like seeing what colour my water is (wood inside)

 

[Holly12]

Thats funny that you said that cuz I look at the water in a cup and it is as clear as a bell lol so it must be the light that is shining on the plants that I have in thier at the moment.

 

[RadaR]

Thats funny that you said that cuz I look at the water in a cup and it is as clear as a bell lol

Glad to hear!
With regards to your previous question...when our aquatic plants dont recieve enough CO2 or nutrients (sometimes light) then they stop growing and begin to break down internally. As a result, the plant will be uncontrollably leaching ammonia and sugars into the water column. The concentrations are too small to be spotted on a fish test kit, therefore they are harmless to fish/inverts. (Obviously if you had lots of dying plants then the ammonia concentration would become dangerous given time.) When algae spores are given enough light and ammonia, then they bloom.
Thankfully you're not experiencing this