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I had a recent algae bloom and my water was looking horrible. My discus did not seem happy. The hid behind the driftwood most of the time. I was doing my WCs 3x a week and I hadn't changed anything in my tank. I was leaving my lights on for almost 12 hours....so I have changed that.
These pics are the before images.
So I bought the Green Killing Machine and put it in the tank. It is ready to go, right out of the package. Comes with its own pump, attached. You can get a 9 or 24 watt. I got the 24 watt for my 90 gallon tank. It worked wonders in only a few days. I saw dramatic improvement in 24 hours. These pics are after 4 days of it running in the tank.
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I use the 9 watt in my 72 gallon bow front. works wonders to clear up algae blooms.
Great comparison photos. Glad to see it worked out. Do you know what caused the algae bloom?
Pretty shocking results, nice to see it worked. I don't use that brand but I do use a UV in my tank and I like the results...
That being said, I agree with Matt, you should still try and figure out what caused it to begin with, especially if it happened suddenly... You don't want the UV to mask a real issue and cause your discus harm. The water looks great now, but a lot of times what we don't see is the real problem... Hope you get to the bottom of this and can put and end to it before anything else happens...
Nitrates are algae food. In your other thread you had 40ppm of nitrates and its hard to see how that can happen with your WC schedule unless you have nitrates in your tap water. Have you checked this?Quote:
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We have well water and in the colder months it does seem to change the water chemistry. I'll stay on top of testing it and make sure to keep up or increase WCs.
Thanks guys
You don't have any plants in your tank. So you can control green water by just turning off your lights for 2 - 3 days. No light, no algae, regardless of water quality.
Willie
Is the tank near a window?
I'm willing to bet you leave your lights on way too long, or your wc schedule isn't what you say it is. I See tons of algae in your tank other than free floating, and the UV isn't going to touch it. You have it all over your back glass, the rocks and the wood, looks like BBA.
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HI - Is 24W enough to kill harmful bacteria?
Anyone who has this ever run it with out the return spicket on the top? Is it dooable?
phil are you looking to buy one?
I have one of these and another of the clarity pro one, i figured if I have them laying around I can clean them up and get a new bulb in