ff.rice
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello all, I've had my tank set up and running now for about 3 weeks.... Everything has been going well, but tonight I noticed that I am starting to get some algae on the glass and also what looks to be algae on top of the sand in my sump. I was wondering if this is normal?!?! I am new to saltwater..... A little run down on what I'm running..... I have a 30 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump devided into three sections, the first I have bio balls that came with the tank, middle I have 10# of live sand and about 3-4# of live rock, and third is just the return pump. In my DT I don't have anything in it yet. I am also running a HOB filter just for the extra filtration. I have a maxi jet 1200 in the tank also. I do not have test results yet, my API test kit is on the way so hopefully soon I can have some readings! In the next week or so I plan to put more live sand in my DT along with more live rock. I'm hoping this algae is just a bloom and normal during the cycle and that it will clear up but I was wondering if I should try to keep it off of the glass? Or leave it alone and let it do its thing? Any other suggestions are certainly welcome as well!! Thanx