water color

[evanjah]

when doing a water change is anyone elses water yellow? Is that normal?

 

[t316]

The good water going in (this would be a problem), or the old water going out (this would be normal to some degree)?

 

[freeborder_01]

i wonder what would happen if you put food coloring in the water....

 

[renogaw]

"yellow" colored water is a sign of not using carbon, or that your carbon is used up. it's also quite possible that you have too much detritus that's floating around. how often do you do water changes?

 

[evanjah]

every few weeks and i have no carbon in filters

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2873939
every few weeks and i have no carbon in filters
What size tank?

 

[small triggers]

i had the same problem, i now run my 9watt UV 24/7 and have 2 bags of carbon in it, and it helps alot. BTW 150g FOWLR

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by small triggers
http:///forum/post/2874248
i had the same problem, i now run my 9watt UV 24/7 and have 2 bags of carbon in it, and it helps alot. BTW 150g FOWLR
Nice avatar small triggers....

 

[evanjah]

i have a 92 gallon corner tank. 9 watt uv sterilizer running all the time i just put some carbon in it. You guys think this will work?

 

[subielover]

Sounds like you need to start doing water changes more often. Shoot for every week or 10 days.

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2874643
Sounds like you need to start doing water changes more often. Shoot for every week or 10 days.
+1...

Personally, I don't run carbon. I have tried it and just never saw a beneficial difference, but arguably, many do and it helps. But I agree that more frequent water changes will make a notable difference right away.

 

[florida joe]

Yellow water in a closed system is an effect due to the accumulation of dissolved large organic compounds. While activated carbon or ozone can be used to manage it, one must remember this.
The accumulation of dissolved organic carbon which caused yellow water can reduce the amount of light reaching our corals and reduces uv penetration through the water so when using a chemical filtration method to prevent this one must make sure not to remove the organic carbon to fast since the sudden increase in light and uv level can shock the corals and may cause bleaching. An interesting study on this was preformed my Bingman in 1995
Also note worthy is the fact that the yellowing happens so slowly that most hobbyist do not notice the change because they view there tanks several times a day. Also the use of high Kelvin lighting can mask the yellow color due to the high blue output