ok i give up.. i have to start over..
 

no matter what i do I can't seem to fix this darn tank!!!
algone worked for 5 days and looked great! Now it's right back to being cloudy and green!
I've tried carbon, algone, RO/DI water, phosban reactor, water changes weekly,
skimmer, refugium, and chemi-pure.
I don't know what to do anymore i'm tired of it looking like crap!

But what am I going to do with my fish ?

asherah

I had the same problem once...i got a small UV sterilizer, 3 days later it was all gone...no problem since.

in my 80 gallon I am running 8 bags of activated carbon and 500ml of purigen to help with the algae and water clarity, you could even use some polishing pads as well.

what size filter are you running in that 30 gallon?

in my 10 gallon nano I am running a fluval 404, which is way overkill but it really makes a difference, same with my 80 gallon I am running an FX5 which again is way overkill. I was having a similar problem with my 80 gallon when I was usin a fluval 404 in there, everything would build up so fast and looked like hell, once I put the fx5 in there things changed drastically, and I was able to add alot more things to the tank without consequences.

well it has an aquaclear on so i can run the sponge and the algone or carbon or whatever..
so frustrated with it..

how does a uv sterilizer hook up ? is it expensive?

also, i've been told that canister filters are j ust nitrate factories... how do you deal with this?

Is your tank by chance near a window, or in direct sunlight?

How much rock does your system have?

stock canister filters are nitrate factories. for marine use, you would need to take out all the bioballs and replace it with live rock rubble. then it works like a charm. if you leave in the bioballs you would need to clean it every couple of months or else battle with nitrates.

no no window.. it's got 30lbs of rock but i'm thinking maybe it's because the rocks are crap now or something.. I mean they were wonderful in my 44gallon. I even had pods etc. Then I moved everything over to a 92 that i cycled and and then I moved.
It got left at the house for awhile before i moved it to this house (just down the street)
so it didn't get cleaned as often as it should but ever since i moved it to this house I've nothing but problems

it's got RO/DI water but I'm wondering if the rocks aren't filtering or something now or i shouldn't have reused the sand ?
would that cause this problem ?

amanda

What values are you getting from your testkits? Where are you getting your RO/DI from?

To me it sounds like an algeal bloom of some sort. From what you've posted you've taken the correct first steps. In the phosban reactor, what type of GFO are you using?

What's GFO ?

the RO/DI water comes from my filter under my sink.

ammonia - 0
nitirite - 0
nitrate -0
ph - 8.2
alk 5mg/l

asherah

GFO - granulated ferious oxide, which is also phosban, phoslock, etc.

I would recommend keeping with the water changes, add in some new carbon, and be very careful about overfeeding. You can also trying blacking out your tank for a day or two. Cover the tank with a blanket or towels to ensure no light enters.

What do you have running in your refugium?