Larry Stein wrote:
>
> Can I make green water with food coloring????
>
> I also have made red water and most of the color palette... I just seem to
> lose the colors with time and water changes...
>
> At 06:31 PM 1/11/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi Ernie,
> > I have to say, that if you really have a rearing tank then maybe you
> >should keep the stuff. When I'm raising fry, I ADD green water. The
> >best batch of fry I every raised was in a tank that "turned" and the fry
> >grew faster, and larger than in other tanks. Wish I could figure out
> >what made the tank turn green, I'd always do it, I did not even have to
> >add any APR. The green went away right about the time the fry were
> >really starting too consume large (a relative term) amounts of BBS. I
> >speculate the brine shrimp were helping to filter it out, kinda like gut
> >loading them too :). Of course at 2 cm the fry are probably beyond the
> >need, or desire, for food that small. I'd be tempted to move them and
> >add full mops.
> >
> >Bjorn
> >
> >Ernie Burns wrote:
> >>
> >> Help!! I have a 20 gallon long nursery tank with about 50 M.
> >> boesemani juveniles, each about 2 cm in length. The fish are doing
> >> great, but the water is green. Even though the tank doesn't receive any
> >> sunlight and the amount of tank light has been reduced to 12 hours per
> >> day, the problem persists. I do get some relief when I keep the light
> >> off for a few days, but that is not an ideal situation. I am keeping
> >> the temperature at 80 degrees and have 2 sponge filters and a canister
> >> filter (Aquaclear) running. Water changes don't bring much relief. Any
> >> suggestions other than living with it????
> >>
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