So...The Journey Begins.......

[thebaldingaquarist]

This is off topic but..
I get mine from y618, call to ask before going down.
Seaview has it. Only on sat and Sundays. Sometimes, Saturday afternoon it will be sold out..

[David]

328 have. You got to call Auntie in the morning and inform her you want. If not wrong the delivery guy comes in the morning and she just takes a few bags for her regulars on weekdays and more on weekends

[nicholasliao]

David I seriously think you should collect some of your green water and start a daphnia culture.

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[David]

You want I teach you how to get green water...hey need skill to get okay...

[Ingen]

328 have. You got to call Auntie in the morning and inform her you want. If not wrong the delivery guy comes in the morning and she just takes a few bags for her regulars on weekdays and more on weekends

Oh, I go there twice a week to get Daphnia but always end up getting baby BBS cause they never have it. Off topic again, I have not seen the aunty for weeks now.

[David]

She is there..just saw her...maybe when too busy ...she takes cover upstairs and eat snake...

[felix_fx2]

david, i believe buying freshwater clams will help. I am using them for tanks along the corridor (most of the outside tanks have 1 or 2)
I only know seaview/C328 selling, with seaview most commonly have them. C328 it is near the feeder fish and priced higher then seaview (but then 1$ difference and your living closer to seaview)

beware! never put them directly on the substrate they dig in one! i use left over pots from plants and using sucker, attach to glass. if they live long, it's not exactly a good thing.

p.s: corkanathan? LOLOL i reading this in office..... almost puke out my coffee

[nicholasliao]

Put daphnia in, can raise a culture and can get rid of green water. Best solution!

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[David]

The Daphnia is a good alternative, problem is, I am not here to monitor and control the situation as it changes.

[David]

@Felix....you mean the fresh water 'Hum' (Local Dialect for Clam) quite big and when I saw if at 328, I wish I brought my Jack Knife and lemon...

You like the word Cockanathan huh.....

[nicholasliao]

I dont think clams are a good alternative if you have substrate. They tend to burrow in and die there. The amount of ammonia that they release can literally wipe out a whole colony.

As for daphnia, might be good to keep about half of that water and start one. Its algae rich. Yummy foods for daphnia

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[David]

Found out last night that the blinking LED lights means UV option not installed.... When to Yi Hu today to purchase my Teco UV option which is a 15watt UVC lamp. According to the instruction it says 5 simple steps....unfortunately it was not so. What was supposedly a 10 minute job turned into an hour. Trust the manufacturer to give unclear instructions...



Bought an extra bulb for good measure at a total whopper cost of 400 bucks....

Anyway, did a 30% water change and not taking any chances got myself a bottle of SeaChem Prime. Hope this is of some good. Wonder if getting the 2 gallon is worth the 100 bucks...what do you guys think? Or is there any alternative brand that is just as good?



Did some algae scrapping just to tidy up the three sides and the best scrapper I found was actually this plastic one....its actually not for aquarium use but it really easy to use at any angle or direction.



Well leaving the UV on 24/7 and see if it clears up by the weeks end. Week 7 and 8 is coming which means first pruning....

[limz_777]

i use prime for my waterchanges too so far ok , careful nowadays many people lost expensive livestock due to waterchanges , i try to dose extra these days

[milk_vanilla]

Or Seachem safe also do the same job, with better cost efficient

[David]

Okay thanks guys. Hope the UVC works.

[troyz]

hi David...cant join you guys for this excursion...maybe next time perhaps...
if you are free one of the weekends, lets go to Teo's farm...its been 3 years since I visit them...

[David]

Its been 72 hours since the UVC was turned on and here is the results....

18 Hours In....



36 Hours In....



54 Hours In...

[nicholasliao]

Looks to be clearing up!

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[blue33]

The bacteria is floating everywhere, best way is to change more water frequently, the sudden over bioload is giving the tank/bacteria hard time. Using UV doesn't help much, they're much efficient on green water.

[felix_fx2]

@Felix....you mean the fresh water 'Hum' (Local Dialect for Clam) quite big and when I saw if at 328, I wish I brought my Jack Knife and lemon...

You like the word Cockanathan huh.....

Hum is good... provided you don't drop them in the tank.
Btw, my god.... $400 for the UV add-on? you should pay your son to change water on a ad-hoc basis.. save more LOL.... (imo your BB not fully up, like adrian correct i also agree with that)

I dont think clams are a good alternative if you have substrate. They tend to burrow in and die there. The amount of ammonia that they release can literally wipe out a whole colony.

As for daphnia, might be good to keep about half of that water and start one. Its algae rich. Yummy foods for daphnia

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i kept mine away from substrate, put them in a pot/cage those you get left over LFS plants. Attach a sucker to the pot and stick them to the glass, however depending on them still means my plants can't grow fast enough to stop green-water.

daphnia actually is quite good as they feast on greenwater, while fish feast on them