Yes big water changes up to 30%, and if you can't afford an RO/DI at the moment then I would suggest buying some bottled water, Costco sells RO Polaris and it's cheap execpt for the $10 deposit :biggrin:

Lights out works, but it takes longer. Al-Gone takes about a week.

BEEN THERE DONE THAT. left it alone and after a week it balanced itself out. great food for filter feeders and noticed alot more after the bloom. its basically phyto gone mad! didn't harm anything. water changes never worked.

Alright, well thanks to everyone for their help I really appreciate. My water has just got clear this weekend after a long month. I was using water changes and then added in Algone, and finally on about wednesday this week I got a UV sterilizer. I am still waiting for my Protein Skimmer to show up (still on back order at Big Als). So if anyone else runs into this problem I think the thing that made the biggest difference was the UV sterilizer. :mrgreen: THANK GOD THE GREEN IS GONE :mrgreen:

Jeff

i had the same problem in my 280 gal FW it was from the phoshate's in the water, filled up the tnak in the spring ..

Do you have caulerpa macro algae? The only time my water has ever gone green is when that stuff goes sexual. I hate that stuff so bad :evil: .

- Chad