Is your hillstream tank water clear?
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Is your hillstream tank water clear?
I have a recently-set-up 50 gal sewellia tank. Lights are on for 12h and I recycle in rocks which have algae growth. This is to make algae grow as food for the sewellia. However, it also seems to turn my water hazy, a sort of hazy grey or greenish.
How do I make the water clear while still having algae-covered rocks?
Thanks.
How do I make the water clear while still having algae-covered rocks?
Thanks.
- Jim Powers
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Re: Is your hillstream tank water clear?
I suppose you could install a UV sterilizer to kill the free floating algae.
Re: Is your hillstream tank water clear?
Is there no other way?
Do all the hillstream tanks have to have an UV filter?
Do all the hillstream tanks have to have an UV filter?
Re: Is your hillstream tank water clear?
I don't have a UV but mine has two canister filters and it is clear. The only time it gets hazy is when I do a water change. Can't remember if it was hazy in the beginning but it just might be the new tank.
Re: Is your hillstream tank water clear?
I have also two canister filters now so it's pretty much overfiltered.
It's a new tank. Upon closer inspection, the water isn't green, but rather cloudy with greyish milkl colour.
I read that it might be due to a bacterial bloom, common in new tanks.
I'll wait and see.
It's a new tank. Upon closer inspection, the water isn't green, but rather cloudy with greyish milkl colour.
I read that it might be due to a bacterial bloom, common in new tanks.
I'll wait and see.
- Jim Powers
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Re: Is your hillstream tank water clear?
It sounds as if your problems with tank clarity are caused by it being a new tank instead of an algae bloom. Regardless, a UV is not a requirement, just a suggestion. In this case, you might want to dose the tank with some starter bacteria and let it mature.
Its always better to introduce hillstreams to an established tank since they can be sensitive to the water quality issues of a new tank.
Good luck!!
Its always better to introduce hillstreams to an established tank since they can be sensitive to the water quality issues of a new tank.
Good luck!!
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Re: Is your hillstream tank water clear?
Jim Powers wrote:It sounds as if your problems with tank clarity are caused by it being a new tank instead of an algae bloom. Regardless, a UV is not a requirement, just a suggestion. In this case, you might want to dose the tank with some starter bacteria and let it mature.
Its always better to introduce hillstreams to an established tank since they can be sensitive to the water quality issues of a new tank.
Good luck!!
i lost a few hillstreams to young immature tanks. i would def go with a bacteria starter, to protect your investment.
jw what is your substrate?
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