Abby Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 just wanted to share my goldies also for anyone that has goldfish, does ur tank water ever go darker blue/green? my tank parameters are good/ in the range for goldies. but idk what I need to do. please help me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggShappedFish Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 What beautiful babies you have! Good to see another fancy goldfish keeper! In regards to the water color, what do you consider good water parameters? It's generally best, if possible, to specify the values, instead of good, bad, fair. The color changes could be due to many things, including the wood/drift wood, but also free floating algae, or maybe even the lights! Still the water parameters would clear these guesses up. A blind guess could be that you are experiencing a bacteria bloom, that clouds the water, but it looks blue due to your lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoofyGarra Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 It looks like you have some nice pieces of wood in there. Wood underwater very slowly breaks down releasing chemicals called tannins. These are not harmful for fish and can have anti-microbial properties, but can color the water brownish and lower pH a smidge. As long as you don't mind the aesthetics it should not be a big issue. That being said the tannins can be removed by adding chemical filtration such as Seachem Purigen to your filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 The color of the water looks like it has tannins in it, not green from algae. How long has the wood been in the tank? Wood will release tannins into the water slowly over time, depending on what kid of wood it is, it can take a while to get all the tannins out of it. Carbon in the filter will help, along with water changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggShappedFish Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 You can check if the water color indeed is blue/green or yellow, by pouring it into a white bucket or white container. It may look blue/green due to the background of your tank If it is brown/yellow then it is tannins like others say ☝️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Amazing looking fish! Like everyone else said, it might be wood or even the back drop makes it look more green (just a thought). But yeah wood eventually = tannins, but some wood does not turn the color. Same Q here, what are the paremeters @Abby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 for everyone asking for my water parameters I will check tonight I am currently at school. thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 i do not know much about what if this is good/bad NO3 (nitrate)- 200 I KNOW THIS IS BAD I'M WORKING ON FIXING IT! SORRY I'm changing the tank water right now!!! NO2(nitrite)- 0 PH-7.5 KH-80 GH-180 I didn't realize my nitrate levers were so high I'll change my water and monitor it, and let you guys know if anything changes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 OMG!!! The 1st pic is the before and the 2nd is the after!!! THANK YA'LL SO MUCH!!! (and yes I have a Furbo mini watching my tanks... lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 3/2/2024 at 12:09 AM, Abby said: i do not know much about what if this is good/bad NO3 (nitrate)- 200 I KNOW THIS IS BAD I'M WORKING ON FIXING IT! SORRY I'm changing the tank water right now!!! NO2(nitrite)- 0 PH-7.5 KH-80 GH-180 I didn't realize my nitrate levers were so high I'll change my water and monitor it, and let you guys know if anything changes! When I saw 200 I was like what!? But yeah water changes do it all right! That’s good news there! On 3/2/2024 at 1:50 AM, Abby said: OMG!!! The 1st pic is the before and the 2nd is the after!!! THANK YA'LL SO MUCH!!! (and yes I have a Furbo mini watching my tanks... lol) I like the tank btw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggShappedFish Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 3/2/2024 at 6:09 AM, Abby said: 200 I KNOW THIS IS BAD I'M WORKING ON FIXING IT! Good news that you got it under control! We're all here to learn. When it is this high, sometimes it is better to do smaller water changes so that the fish don't get a sudden shock due to the change, even though its for the best 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 you acted fast and did the right thing, quick thinking, good job and keep us posted if u can on how your tank is going! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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