*screams* I can't get this 75 gallon to stablize - Green water now

Water changes IME will extend GW. sometimes for me it burned itself out, 2 times it did not.
Can you get to a UV or Diatom filter?
Otherwise search on Willow branches. I've never done it, but supposedly it works.

i had/have the same problem in my 30 gallon. I couldnt afford UV atm so loosing my patience i did a big water change and plunked in four freshwater clams (the little asian ones, nothing native...well they are found in the country now but thats beside the point).

Not sure if the big flush, the clams or a combo of both did it but i can see out the back of the tank again. I think i upped my ferts a bit much with out up'ing the Co2 to properly.

Jason

3 Day total blackout.

UV

Diatom.

Those are pretty much the choices.

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Diatom cleared it up within a few hours (once I hooked it up right). I didn't go for UV because I didn't want to plumb anything in-line.

My UV filter cleared up the GW right away but, like Epic said, I was sorry that I had to install it inline.

well I wrapped the entire aquarium in dark blue towels, and put a cover overtop and turned off the lighting and co2.. I put an air pump in the aquarium to hopefully keep the o2 levels high enough for the fish / plants to surive 3 days

Solace said:

well I wrapped the entire aquarium in dark blue towels, and put a cover overtop and turned off the lighting and co2.. I put an air pump in the aquarium to hopefully keep the o2 levels high enough for the fish / plants to surive 3 days

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yup, that's what i'm doing right now. i found out that my filter suck in one molly, which contributed to ammonia spike. hopefully it go away after 4 days blackout.

so a 3 day blackout really does an aquarium good.. it seemed to have killed nearly all of the algae in the tank. all forms of it..

including the greenwater.