fuentes925 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Hi, Well, I was out of town for 3 day's for the Labor day weekend. I asked my mother to top off my tank's water. I left my top off water right in front of the tank and I told her to only use that water. When I got home I had all kinds of green (slime/hair?) algae growing on my sand, rocks, snails, etc.. I asked my mother about the water and she said she used tap water from the house and not my top of water, so that must have caused my algae bloom. What should I do to fix this or at least make things a little better? Thank's for any help. Fuentes925 Link to comment
T?@7 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 id bust out a couple w/c's over the next day or two and maybe siphon some out. Since it was only 3 days you might be able to recover. Link to comment
ross76053 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Agreed - water changes. And if it were me, I'd run a simple carbon filter for a few day to help get rid of the nasty chemicals your mom "donated" to your tank. Good 'ole mom. Next time she accuses you of not listening to her, I'm sure this will come to mind. Hopefully she'll ask you to water her flowers soon & you can "repay" her with the liquid of your choice. Link to comment
fuentes925 Posted September 3, 2003 Author Share Posted September 3, 2003 Yes, sweet revenge! I almost feel she did it on purpise. I told her about 4 times to only use my top off water. I left the water right in front of the tank in open view with the cup I use for top off on top of it. She used my top off cup but not my top off water. That must have been her pay back for the pain of child birth. She has a squirt bottle she uses to spray her flowers, maybe I will pour a little bleach in there, just kidding. I couldn't do that. fuentes925 Link to comment
yOyOYoo Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 AWWW MAN! Im sorry to hear that! Jeez no offfense but how can your mom be so clueless after you explicitly tell her FOUR times which water to use. Sheesh Link to comment
Sltwtr4lfe Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 ya do a water change everyday for the rest of the week then do a 20% next sat. Link to comment
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