water looks bad, any ideas?

Hi guys,

My water and all my rocks and substrate is looking terrible. There is green algae growing everywhere. My water has lost that crystal clear look, any ideas?


The rocks look like a green algae paradise lol



Many Thanks!

 

well this is actually a very large problem and will take A LOT to fix... you are going to have a ton of reading to do. The simple answer though is to cut back on feeding and reduce your phosphates in your tank.

Try googling green hair algae reduction or phosphate removal from aquarium

 

How Can I reduce phosphate?

 

feed less, more WC's, and phosphate removing media.

 

what are ur water parameters?

 

I feed once a day, I think WC are needed asap, but unfortunetly, this totally messes with my anemone, as it goes into stress for days after a water change. Whats soem phosphate removing media?

I took my water in for a test yesterday and everything came out good. I dont have a written record right now though.

 

How old is your tank?

 

well lets start at the beginning... do you use ro/di or tap water? Do you treat for chlorine in your tank water?