Can this product reduce green aquarium water? AKA free algae?
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I honestly do not know. There is conflicting information on the web about it too. You may just have to experiment for yourself, or hopefully, find someone else with some real experience.Michael
832894
This product doesn't reduce algae. It will help clarify the water and reduce smells produced by waste. A good filter with a steady flow of water paired with this will help keep your tank clear and algae free.
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No, chemical filtration media will not remove algae. A good UV Sterilizer in conjunction with a 50 micron filter pad will help clear Green Water (free floating algae).
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Depends on the rest of your system. I have it installed in a small 4 gallon and the plants exploded in growth when I used it. When I stopped, so did the rate of growth. Otherwise, there weren't any issues and I have no algae problems.
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It's like thin green plastic strands melted together into a shape. It allows water to drain thru. I don't see why you couldn't use it in an aquarium. It's not absorbant and it won't tiny the water. I got it to put on top of my puppy pads and my dog seemed to take to it right away. I just rinse it off in the shower. I've also thrown in the washer. I think you have a good idea. If I can answer any other questions let me know.
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Actually, it reduces algae in the water. The decorations will still collect weird little globs of algae. It more for water clarity than algae remover.
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I have had DE Filters for years and I believe pool pefect phos free even helps keep my filters cleaner. Don't think you would have a problem- only positive results.
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I have an all in one filter/UV/fountain, the light is in the unit, in the water. I haven't had green water or string algae since I started using a UV light system in my pond. I highly recommend it.
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Yes it kills the good bacteria also, but only the bacteria that runs through the machine. You water is cloudy because you have too much bacteria in your aquarium so killing some takes the cloudiness away. Just a note...I got cloudy water because I was feeding too much. Remove 20% of the water weekly and lower your feeding amount and you shouldn't have trouble with cloudy water.
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It would probably be a wasted effort. Plants thrive out of the water on their own. It does a superb job in aquariums although. Best of luck.....
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Yes, but not for the reasons you think. The eco-complete will not technically grow your algae, but the low lighting will. Algae loves 2 things: Poor water quality (i.e. high phosphates/nitrates) and poor lighting. So you will probably have a bad algae problem later on due to your low lighting, so I would suggest investing in a nerite snail or rabbit snail, since they love algae and will leave plants alone. The eco-complete however does hold some nutrients, but not as much as it advertises - it would be like pouring a small amount of Seachem's "Trace Elements" into the tank.
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Yes u can! Eco complete is a great substrate forthat. Bring wet pa cc ked it ddoesn't require rinsing and is usually great at not clouding water at all either. I've use for new setups and added to running stocked tanks also.
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it's OK even without added CO2. turning the light off a few hours a day in the middle of the day would be helpful to keep algae in check.
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Absolutely not. This product has very poor labeling, but it does state that it contains lots of nitrates. This may be ok for plants, but will counteract the benefit of an incremental water change in an aquarium. Compared to the amount of pH lowering ability of this product, the nitrogen content is the major component. It's more of a fertilizer that may lower your pH than acid with nitrogen in it. In my 155 gallon aquaponics system, adding one large-side scoop of this powder every other day dropped my pH from 8 to 7.8 (for a short amount of time) while forcing my nitrite and nitrate readings so high that my test kit couldn't even read them. It has caused a white crust to form on my grow media that kills any plant leaf that touches it (but doesn't taste like salt). If you feel you absolutely can't use your tap water in an aquarium ( and a lot of fish are ok with a pH of 8, but it's bad for plants), then purchase water or catch rain water before you resort to dumping this fertilizer on your fish.
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Yes! It contains live bacteria and it does wonders for your tanks health. I use it half dose twice weekly with my water changes and it's amazing how clean and fresh my tanks and my pond look. I used to get a build up of gunk on the hoses, plants and hard to clean area's but since I've been using this my equipment looks brand new. Great stuff...wouldn't raise fish without it!
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Definitely not. It isn't even powerful enough to pick up the algae flakes. And, the way it's designed to turn on and off causes water to seep into the battery compartment if your not careful. Al in all, a complete waste of money.
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I would contact the company I use this stuff and ended up replacing all of my de filters if your trying to fight green algee and have not broken down your de filter and cleaned all of the screens that's what you need to do they algee up and your just pumping the green stuff back into your pool I wlll never use this stuff again hope this helps
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I hit the wrong button. I should have said "no." Fluoride is a difficult thing to remove from water, and gravity carbon filter systems may not be the most efficient or effective way to do the job. If you use a gravity water filter system that has carbon in its operation, a more accurate word would be reduce rather than remove. Carbon is generally not the accepted media for fluoride reduction
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My water was cloudy for months. I tried everything you could buy at the pet store. The Green Killing Machine completely cleared my water within days and it has been clear for over 6 months. I will keep it in the event I get this type of algae growth again. I would agree that it doesn't seem to have a strong flow, but it is the UV light that is killing the algae so you really do not want the water to rush through the device.