crusty1
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Just started my new 90G SW tank, and I have been making a ton of mistakes. The tank is 2 weeks old and last week I stuck in some LR. It has some really black looking velvet like algae? growing on it, as well as a normal brown. I have stuck in 2 damsels and a hawkfish.
The black on the LR is concerning me, I stuck in the live rock in so fast because of the great buy on it ($15 for about 10 pounds). I am starting to have a foam accumulate on the top of the tank already.
I think my LFS is on crack. They have made some crazy recommendations which is quite a bit different than the advice at AA.
I only have 1 PH, I use a magnum 350 canister filter. I am told I don't need a protein skimmer for quite some time (about a year).
My water is very hard (400 ppm) and was told it would be fine. I am starting to find that I have to do my own research, and becareful of the advice from others. What do you think my next steps should be?
The black on the LR is concerning me, I stuck in the live rock in so fast because of the great buy on it ($15 for about 10 pounds). I am starting to have a foam accumulate on the top of the tank already.
I think my LFS is on crack. They have made some crazy recommendations which is quite a bit different than the advice at AA.
I only have 1 PH, I use a magnum 350 canister filter. I am told I don't need a protein skimmer for quite some time (about a year).
My water is very hard (400 ppm) and was told it would be fine. I am starting to find that I have to do my own research, and becareful of the advice from others. What do you think my next steps should be?