Tank is green

[KrisDeitz]

Hey guys. Month old nanotube with old love rock and new sand.

Tank is getting covered in green algae overnight.
Glass is cover and the water seems to have a green die in it.

Will carbon fix this?

Edit: Not hair algae or anything stringy. Just plain Jane glass algae

 

[ralph atl]

50% water change as O2 will deplete fast and fresh carbon changed out every single day or 2 until clear! QUICK!

 

[KrisDeitz]

Thanks Ralph.

 

[ralph atl]

no prob, is there fish or livestock in there? if so, quick please....if not, anytime!

 

[picoreefguy]

do what ralph said its the quickest way to get rid of it but u may want to invest in a uv steralizer it will kill off all of the floating algae so you wont have this problem again as far as the glass being covered it might be your nitrates climbing up there before i started runing a carbon and gfo reactor the glass would get covered in that stuff when it was time to change my filter sock (well i should have changed it before that happened but u know what i mean)

 

[eagle9252]

How long are the lights on?

 

[heathlindner25]

I have a nano UV sterilizer you can have.

 

[mvm]

A uv sterilizer is just going to mask the problem. You need to find out what's leading to the algae bloom. My guess would be excess nutrients in the sand or rocks if you used "old" rocks or sand. I doubt you used tap water, but that would be a cause as well. Your main goal should be to get rid of whatever nutrients are causing the bloom. GFO, carbon and water changes, pronto!

Edit: Just saw the "old rock and new sand" comment. My guess would be that the nutrients are in the "old" rock. They will slowly leach out over time, but you need something to remove them. GFO and water changes will do that.
And are you sure it's not green cyano? That's common and normal in new tanks. It has to be algae tinting the water. Cyano will not do that, I don't think.

 

[KrisDeitz]

I bought this rock from nemos.

Livestock is just two extreme snowflake clowns and two snowflakes.

20 snails. 6 hermits.

I think it's the sand. It's a off brand beach sand. I read up on silicates and I bet that's what's going in

 

[ralph atl]

yes, as others have stated.....sand and/or rock is leaching.....get rid of the sand first...get fresh bag.....

 

[kilralpine]

+1

 

[ichthyoid]

It's not likely silicate Chris (IMHO). If there is high silicate, there is some potential to contribute to diatom blooms, but even that is debatable.

I agree with others that it's likely either the rock or sand leeching phosphate.

Have you checked the phosphate level in your water?

A reactor with Phosguard will help drop it quickly.

 

[KrisDeitz]

Ok changed out 5 gallons of water and put a huge bag of carbon in.

Noticed a difference already. Hoping to get more water tomorrow and change again