How I Got Rid of Algae Bloom & Bacterial Bloom In My Freshwater Tank! Before & After!

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For those who are struggling with either an algae bloom, bacteria bloom, or both...keep watching to see how I cleared my water! Feel free to follow me on instagram @TheCoralDoctor for further updates!
Green Killing Machine UV Sterilizer

[hidikh]

Literally the simplest and the most practical solution i've heard and seen in the last 13 hours of searching for an answer. Tysm ♡

[billiejoboyd]

how did your fish survive a 100% water change? I have this problem but cant put my fish through the stress of a 100% change...

[binilc]

Will the UV light kill all bacteria including benefical bacteria ?

[MARWAN]

Just plant Pothos plants underwater ( you dont need soil ) they will remove any algae and keep your tank clear with low ammonia and pH, also put some of those fishs who eat algae and thats it .. iv been doing this method for a long time now and Sorry for my bad English. good luck ..

[troyarthur]

Simple cure as well as prevention would be to get your fingers into stirring the gravel around when you vacuum the bottom with the gravity vacuum. My problem is not green water, but my stones that I use for decorations and my plastic plants are all displaying a green coating. I know its because of the algae wafers i put in for the pleco and my catfish. I’m thinking to stop using the wafers. I’m welcoming any ideas or tips. I only use 3 mini wafers per day. Plus I’m using a chemical to try to control algae growth as well.

[MrTopsoil]

Bacterial bloom is common and changing water will not solve the problem. The tank is holding suspended bacterail til it reaches its cycle and will clear up with few days on its alone

[jasminerunion]

I’m struggling with a bacteria bloom, it’s very bad to the point it looks like mud water like I can’t even see my fish. This all occurred after I did a 80% water change the other day and I’m worried it won’t go away. I’m also worried if I change the water again it will make it so much worse. Do I just wait out the process?

[JackieJea]

I just had a bacteria bloom happen to my tank a few days ago. It happened while I was sleeping at night. It was fine before I went to sleep, the next morning I woke up, my tank was like milk instead of water and everything was dead, not a single fish survived. Also the water smelled like a stink bomb, it was stinky as hell, it smelled like seachem prime but 5x worse lol. During these past few days, I did water changes and did everything I could trying to find out where the problem lies, but the tank would eventually turn completely white again and smelled really bad. In the end I traced the problem back to the canister filter. I smashed the motor compartment since there was no way to open it based on how they designed it and inside there was a few dead nerite snails and their deteriorating shells. I suspect it most likely got there by crawling into the hole on the surface skimmer. Just today I went out to buy a HOB filter that has a UV light inside(it's called GRECH CBG-500), and the water has started to cleared up these 5 hours.

[АнтонПреображенский-юи]

I just had my very first algae bloom in a year of doing this hobby.

[James_NatureAquatics]

Good to see this video up to address this and what you did! Wow poor maintenance guy was way off haha. Here’s what I do to combat algae. Algae is caused by excess nutrients, lack of CO2, and excessive lighting. You can use strong lights but run them specific amounts of time. I use powerful light in high tech tanks but only run for 8 hours a day at the same time every day. My CO2 injection starts 3 hours before lights come on and I dose ferts at that time everyday. Not enough ferts can cause algae too. Then at 2pm my lights come on for 8 hours. Consistency means a lot. Also planting heavily eliminates algae growth as well as good circulation. Just a few plants and excess nutrients will create algae. Tank cycling with planted tanks is also one thing algae comes from. Eventually when plants start growing well after they acclimate it goes away. I use algae exit to kill of algae during those times. No chemical filtration in my filters either to help. You probably got the bacteria bloom after cleaning that much due to good bacteria loss creating ammonia and nitrite spikes but enough bacteria to still bloom. I leave those to ride themselves out as it is part of the nitrogen cycle although I run an inline UV on all my aquariums. Sad thing is not a lot of info out there on this glad to see you made a video addressing it. Lots of theories on how it happens too haha.

[jhonphil]

Hi guys what brand of uv light do you recommend? thanks in advance

[rickkatevas]

Great video. Direct and to the point, thank you.

[troyarthur]

Should have just stirred up the bottom gravel while it was still in some tank water and you could have possibly prevented the bacteria bloom.

[marcoscastillo]

Not only so smart but very Keep up the great work!!!! 🤩😍😘🥰🥰🥰🥰😋

[cranbers]

Yeah giving people advice to completely wipe their tank out and start over isn't going to happen 99 percent of the time so that's not really helpful for someone with a heavily planted tank or a bunch of fish with no where to put them. UV sterilizer on for 8 hours a day for 10 days without disturbing the soil should work fine. And I saw someone else mention it can be too much nutrients not enough co2 and a lot of light. I came here because I have a new 45 day old tank with tons of plants, no co2 and I dose micro and macro fertilizer. And as of now I only have one tiny fish in it. So it makes sense why I had the bloom using that information.

[Dreidcs]

Amaño shrimp clean what otros didn’t, they left my tanks so clean from algae!!

[JackTheAviator]

Cover your fish tank with no light for a week. Algae needs sunlight

[sydwee]

but if i do this, my fish will die. i have about 13 fish in a 37. i'm afraid they'll die if i totally clear out my tank

[splattered]

Your service guy needs a bit of education.

[djssquibbs]

I guess I wish I could do that w my tank but I can not. it's too big and has too many shrimp and plants. and I have many other tanks that are crystal clear. I could be a substrate think like you mentioned. anyways all the plants and shrimp and a couple fish are happy as heck, they love it. I would just like to see inside that tank. stupid human right? hahah saludos desde Costa Rica :)