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Green water, lights out, chemical savior?

April 26, 2017chemical lights savior water

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Green water, lights out, chemical savior?

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Hi again crew, I know there are tons of articles on “green water” algae blooms on your site, but can’t seem to find the specific advice I’m looking for… My tank is a 55g FW, new setup, lightly planted so far. Lighting is 260W of CF, and I’m using CO2. Cycling was done with the aid of Bio-Spira and a couple of hardy paradise fish. Ammonia, NO2, NO3 are all 0, and except for a brief and barely noticeable “spike” in NO2 they’ve been reading 0 all along thanks to the Bio-Spira. GH is around 5 dGH. KH maybe a bit high at 5 dKH? pH at 6.8 – 6.9 depending on if the lights are off or on. I’m pretty sure know what caused the bloom– I cleverly dosed the tank with nitrogen fertilizer, thinking that since I had very few fish to produce nitrates, my plants would appreciate some vittles. I used half the recommended dosage, but 2-3 days later I had 55 gallons of pea soup. Tank was just too sparsely planted to use up the nitrogen, I guess. I tried turning off