green tinted water in my tank

[trgirl]

My tank has a green tint to it. I have some pretty high nitrate readings but salinity is good. I have had a water change and have just installed a new power head to get some better circulation. Any clues as to what this is from?

 

[pancho]

how long has the tank been running? when was the last time the filter media was changed what's in the tank? how's the lighting? need more info.

 

[trgirl]

filter has been changed a few days ago. lots of carnivores----3 triggers, 2 eels 1 wrasse in a 150 gal.

 

[beth]

What do you have in the tank? Is it FO or does it have LR? Have you added any medications?
Green water is usually free-foating algae bloom. What is your nitrate and phosphate levels?

 

[trgirl]

I know my nitrates are high, not sure on the phosphates. I have a decent amount of live rock in there. Should I do yet another water change?

 

[lnarobbins]

hey there, I had the green free floating alge plume stuff in my tank about a year ago my problem was the high nitrates and my tank was to close to the window
I did several water changes and put blinds on the windows
even in Oregon we get sun
so try another water change and limit the light for a while in the tank itself, I only kept the lights in the aquarium on for about 5 hours a day for a week
my tank cleared up and is still going fine
(except for a case of pop-eye on my flame angle)
good luck

 

[cadbury]

I just had the same problem last week, my problem is that there was too much light in my tank, so it caused a algae bloom. I just covered my tank with a white blanket for 4 days with NO LIGHT at all, it worked!!!

 

[treble]

I have herd that activated carbon can help this out...try a bag of that and let me know what happens.