Guys....I am at such a loss here and my tank issue has started to ruin the hobby.....

[bossanova]

Sorry if I just come off as a child complaining, but I genuinely just dont know what to do anymore.

About 6 months ago I had a massive change in my water for no apparent reason. Like the worst algae bloom Ive ever seen. See this post for a pic

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...t=#post1276792

Now fast forward to today. The water is about 10x worse. You literally cannot see 3 inches into the tank, 0 decorations and can only see the fish if they are smack against the glass.

I have checked water parameters 100x. I use full RO/DI water so its as clean as it gets. I have cleaned all my filters, every piece of decorations, heaters, sponge filters. I stepped up my 40g EOD WCs to 80 gallons(this method has always worked perfectly for me so please dont go into how I must do daily. The fish were fantastic without daily and I'm on a well, with RO thats tough). No ammonia, no nitrates or Nitrites, NOTHING on my water tests.

The tank gets no sunlight at all and I have tried leaving the lights off for 2 full weeks and nothing. There is literally NO algae stuck to the tank anywhere or the decorations like it used to. It is like its all in the water and doesnt stick to anything, just breeds and stays floating. I used to get algae all the time, but on my rocks and tank.

WHAT the hell is happening and why cant I fix it? The only option I have left is to literally throw out all of my EQ in the tank, sterilize it and start over. Well unfortunately I can't afford to do that right now and would need to just give away or sell the tank instead, which at this point I almost dont care about but know deep down it would hurt bad.

I worked hard with these fish. I spent lots of money on them, their tanks, food and care. Dedicated a lot of free time to it and loved all of it. Now, for 6 months I have felt my passion for these fish diminish. I have a nice lounge chair that is plopped in front of my tank that I used to just sit and watch, I havent done that since. Its kind of heart breaking to look at my pics from a year ago and see my beautiful crystal clear tank and fish, then to go down and just look at this green pond of crap.

Anyway, not sure what anyone can do to help, maybe I'm just sad and venting. But I see not other options here as I have never heard of an algae bloom taking over a tank for 6 months and progressively getting worse and worse the more WC you do and more cleaning you do.

Hey! If you're in Baltimore, have you tried just using straight tap water? I'm in DC and it's been working great:

https://youtu.be/cpntUBVPD1Q

[Filip]

I'm sorry to hear about your core Matt .
I can't believe this thing is going on and on for full 6 months and getting worst on top of it .

As Al said sand and rocks may contain silicates which are notorious for BGA blooms and maybe
also for green water that you are experiencing .
Trying BB empty tank its a good start .

Another method you can try is a 4 day total blackout - covering the whole tank with thick blankets .

More invasive but efficient method is H2O2 bath method - 4 ml of 3% H2O2 per gallon bath for 30 minutes with strong water agitation and your main filters off during the process .

Using strong UV unit +36 Watts should also do the trick .

Good luck Matt .