Green Water Vs. Carpet Algae Options

[nobnoba]

Are green water and Carpet Algae works the same way? ie. processing Ammonia to harmless nitrogen?

I am trying to find the best combination of both world. Since green water is excellent for water condition and goldfish growth and color but it makes owners see their lovely pets once a week!

My thinking is, if carpet algae works the same was as green water, then we could allow our tank to be covered by algae, have excellent water condition and yet can see the fish!

Rational goal, no?

[peter porker]

CP is correct. Green water and Wall Algae have different setup and they work differently. Only similarity is that you must have a strong light source. Of course, the best choice is Sunlight.  Else, MH light will do. Worst case, use a PL light or T5.

The wall algae is good for removing nitrate. You'll still need to have a working bio filtration to remove ammonia and convert ammonia to nitrate (for the algae). Green water on the other hand works better on ammonia and nitrate. Given a choice I will still prefer green water but this is a display tank so I adopt the Wall Algae method. At this time, it is still experimental for me. I do not want to mislead members - I DO NOT see this as a permanent solution.

Basically, I have doubts with benefits of wall algae on goldfish (as compared to green water). But the thing is it looks kinda cool 

PS: Yes I agree it works work on nitrate (a problem for clear-tank hobbyists), but I figure that's about all So far I have yet to read a trustful document on benefits of Wall algae

My experience with green water was inconclusive; I could not see any tangible improvements in my fish. However, from your gallery, one can see the improvements in your fish after soaking them in green water. Which was what inspired me to try out green water in the first place.

The effect of wall algae was more visible but it was only noticed in one fish, out of a batch of 4.

Just to elaborate...my fish are now housed in a rental pond as I could not find the space to put in a 4 ft tank in my new home.

I will follow up with some pictures next week, when I visit my fish this weekend.

By the way, the fish in your avatar is a beauty...inspiring stuff...its SV ranchus for me..