Posted by PHSplendens on March 05, 2003 at 19:03:10:
In Reply to: Re: Help PLEASE, how to get rid of the green haze in my tank posted by MikeNE on March 03, 2003 at 17:25:12:
:cycling a tank is setting it up and letting it run for a few weeks before you can put any fish in it. it gets your water right for fish and all the conditions right. as to your green haze i would recommend doing daily water changes of about 10% or 25% every other day, this should clear it up.
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Cycling a tank is not setting it up and letting it run a few weeks without fish. Cycling refers to the nitrogen cycle, and it doesn't begin until there is an ammonia source either from fish or from adding ammonia when doing a fishless cycle.
A green cloud is often referred to as pea soup and is actually free floating algae. Excessive nutrients in the water will cause pea soup and they will come in the form of overfeeding, overcrowding, not cleaning properly, or too much light. When your son dumped in the food, did you vacuum the gravel to get it all out? If not then water changes alone won't get rid of the pea soup, you have to vacuum all the extra food out. Also take a look at the other possible causes to make sure none of them are contributing to the problem, and of course do the daily water changes to help clear it up.
PHSplendens
