ttop24

Hi,

Im new to Discus Keeping, but not new to keeping a community tank, I have a 75 gallon tank with a aqua clear filter. And kept having Green Water Algea Blooms. Ive tested my waters and ammonia and nitrate levels were 0, Nitrate was 20 but reduced to 5 with Daily 25% water changes. pH runs about 6.4-6.6 with DIY co2 injection. i have a 3 on KH and 4 GH. My phosphate levels where off the chart and one of my new discuss was not eating the other one was eating. I bought a phosphate pad for the filter and a prefilter pad to polish the water. I performed daily 25% water changes but have bairly made a dent in the phosphate levels. I vacumed the gravel, changed the Carbon in filter. added algea fix. And still no change. this has been going on for about 2 weeks now. the lowest ive gotten the phosphate level is 5.0 and cant get it to drop any lower. My Discuss hasnt ate in about 3 almost 4 days now. Any Suggestions?

Thank You

I have 2 Discuss, 5 neons tetras, 3 glowlights tetras, 3 red fin tetras and 1 apple snail.

ttop24

Ok so I guess I got no replys for help.

I managed to get the tank clear of all green water algea after 2 weeks.

We used a Phosphate pad to try to bring the Phosphate level down from 5.0 but it wouldnt budge. We performed 25-50% water changes everyday and sometimes 2 times a day but the phosphate would climb right back up. We washed and rinsed out our gravel, Did the biggest no no and changed 100% of the water and cleaned the tank. And to no evale the water started turning green again the next day.

We bought a corner filter run off a airtube that would filter 100 GPH and within 4 hours our tank that we could barely see our fish in was sparkling clear. Now you would think that our 110 gallon filter from aquaclear would keep the tank clear. So it is unclear why its not performing its job but its finally nice to have a clear and clean tank after 2 years and will post pictures of it soon on here.

So if your fighting high phosphate and green water sometimes you need to revert back to basics and try something like the corner filter.

oooh also we only lost 1 neon and one glowlight tetra through all our problems which is completely remarkable.