So I have had excellent results with my algae scrubbers on FW tanks keeping my nitrates down between water changes but I noticed something recently that I'm not a fan of. I setup a new tank a week or so ago and I noticed a big difference in the color of the water. It appears that the FW algae leaches green into the water over time. I clean my scrubber weekly with significant growth each week. Aside from cleaning this thing every 2 days can any of you come up with any other ideas??? I was thinking about getting a diatom filter to clear the water once in a while.
Anyways any help would be appreciated.