yellow alage

[Gold FinGer]

i found some yellow algae attached 2 my aquarium wall. i just wanna know is it good 2 have yellow algae instead if green algae? i m using a 4ft tank with two ryukin and 2 bio foam air driven filter.

i m also trying 2 find out how long can my water stay in good condition by using two bio foam filter as filtration. anyone here knows how 2 detect bad water? the only way i know is 2 smell it.

The last time i change my water was last friday and yesterday i made some testing on my water and found out the nitrate level is 0.1(pretty low), ammonia 0.0, pH 6.8(quite high), i fed my ryukins 4 times a day. any comments are welcome.

[Pilik-Palak]

Originally Posted by Gold FinGer

i found some yellow algae attached 2 my aquarium wall. i just wanna know is it good 2 have yellow algae instead if green algae? i m using a 4ft tank with two ryukin and 2 bio foam air driven filter.

i m also trying 2 find out how long can my water stay in good condition by using two bio foam filter as filtration. anyone here knows how 2 detect bad water? the only way i know is 2 smell it.

The last time i change my water was last friday and yesterday i made some testing on my water and found out the nitrate level is 0.1(pretty low), ammonia 0.0, pH 6.8(quite high), i fed my ryukins 4 times a day. any comments are welcome.

IMO,
That is brown algae.This type of algae seem to survive in low light condition.It's o.k for the fish but won't look pleasing.

As u mention feed 4 times a day.May I know what is the time u do the 4 times feeding?.

[Gold FinGer]

Originally Posted by Pilik-Palak

IMO,
That is brown algae.This type of algae seem to survive in low light condition.It's o.k for the fish but won't look pleasing.

As u mention feed 4 times a day.May I know what is the time u do the 4 times feeding?.

i m using autofeeder, i know it is not a good way but life is hectic. ok my first feed is 8am-10am-1pm-4pm.

r u sure green algae is ok? coz my fish dont seem active in brown algae compare 2 clear water. and i dont think my tank is having a low light condition bcoz it is facing the window and it is getting sunlight for the whole day.

anyway i still cant get greenwater i just get some brown algae sticking 2 my tank's wall, i try rubbing off the brown algae and see wat happen 2morrow.

[chinaryukin]

Hi,
Is your GW also brownish color or real green? Brownish greenwater indicates unhealthy fish, maybe got somekind of bacteria infection. That's making the water to turn brownish.

Cheers,

[Gold FinGer]

Originally Posted by chinaryukin

Hi,
Is your GW also brownish color or real green? Brownish greenwater indicates unhealthy fish, maybe got somekind of bacteria infection. That's making the water to turn brownish.

Cheers,

water is clear, brown algae sticking 2 the wall

when cultivating greenwater u need high ammonia so no water changing until u get it. am i right?

maybe becoz high ammonia my fish is not healthy

if i m right, then wat is the correct way of getting greenwater.

ok let me explain 2 u the way i get greenwater then u slowly point out my mistake

1.i put a so call healthy fish into a 4ft highly aerate tank facing a window with average 10 hours of sunlight daily, feed it hikari wheat germ around 6-7 pellets each time and 4 times daily 2 hours interval.

2.leave the fish in the tank with no water change for two weeks, later the yellow algae will appear.

3.when i see yellow algae appear, i scrub it off with no water change and hope the yellow algae will change 2 green someday.

4.well, i had successfully cultivate GW this way only ONCE other than that are all brown.One more thing, when i got GW, do i need 2 change the water 100% or just 50-70%, when the water goes bad.

Hope u guys will help me, i had a lot of failure and only one success

[Pilik-Palak]

Originally Posted by Gold FinGer

water is clear, brown algae sticking 2 the wall

when cultivating greenwater u need high ammonia so no water changing until u get it. am i right?

maybe becoz high ammonia my fish is not healthy

if i m right, then wat is the correct way of getting greenwater.

ok let me explain 2 u the way i get greenwater then u slowly point out my mistake

1.i put a so call healthy fish into a 4ft highly aerate tank facing a window with average 10 hours of sunlight daily, feed it hikari wheat germ around 6-7 pellets each time and 4 times daily 2 hours interval.

2.leave the fish in the tank with no water change for two weeks, later the yellow algae will appear.

3.when i see yellow algae appear, i scrub it off with no water change and hope the yellow algae will change 2 green someday.

4.well, i had successfully cultivate GW this way only ONCE other than that are all brown.One more thing, when i got GW, do i need 2 change the water 100% or just 50-70%, when the water goes bad.

Hope u guys will help me, i had a lot of failure and only one success

Before we cultivated the green water make sure that our tanks should not hv any filter .When they have benefit bacteria settlement, the algae will not grow.

IMO,
When u do a water change ,take a pail of old aquarium water and put it out door.When the green algae appear,just pour half to the aquarium and try not to feed ur fish for several days.Hope that's help.

[Gold FinGer]

forgot 2 tell u i didnt put any filter not even bio foam filter.

i will try wat u had suggested.