green water and snail introduction

peterli · 05-11-2004, 07:29 PM

Has anyone experienced a green water bloom after
introducing 50 malaysian trumpet snails into a tank ?

I have had a 55 gal planted tank for 1 year, which I
suspect has fair amount of detritus in the gravel. To
make my life simpler during water changes (no gravel
vacuum), I decided to add MTS. But after I added
MTS, green water occurred.

pH 6.8
kH 8
gH 8
NO3 7
PO4 .3

floramax substrate, 150 W 10 hr/day, pressurized CO2.

Anyone with similar experience ? Is this just the tank
rebalancing due to the extra bioload ? or is it MTS going
wild processing the detritus ?

Thanks.

unirdna · 05-11-2004, 08:00 PM

Sounds to me like the little guys kicked up some nutrients. I think that they are 'innocent' of the bioload accusation

.

05-11-2004, 08:00 PM	#2
unirdna Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,290	Sounds to me like the little guys kicked up some nutrients. I think that they are 'innocent' of the bioload accusation . __________________ Ted ADA 90p - Set up April 2007 - Journal 46g - Terminated March 2007 - Journal

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05-11-2004, 07:29 PM	#1
peterli Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5	Has anyone experienced a green water bloom after introducing 50 malaysian trumpet snails into a tank ? I have had a 55 gal planted tank for 1 year, which I suspect has fair amount of detritus in the gravel. To make my life simpler during water changes (no gravel vacuum), I decided to add MTS. But after I added MTS, green water occurred. pH 6.8 kH 8 gH 8 NO3 7 PO4 .3 floramax substrate, 150 W 10 hr/day, pressurized CO2. Anyone with similar experience ? Is this just the tank rebalancing due to the extra bioload ? or is it MTS going wild processing the detritus ? Thanks.