saltwatertaffy
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi there! We setup a new 46G tank with LR a couple of weeks ago and are still in the process of curing the rock. The past few days we have started to see feather dusters and a few other worms but also started to see black mound like objects appearing all over our rocks and a patch of bright red algae? I'm not sure if this is good or bad algae. The red stuff is not slimy and almost appears to be more like coralline but I'm hoping someone can confirm. The black objects are mushy and almost look like mini vulcanoes with hollow openings at the peaks.
We've been doing 50% water changes every other day, supplementing with a Calcium, Magnesium, Strontium supplement to promote coralline and keeping the lights down to a minimum. Our LFS advised us to get some crabs and snails to keep the algae in check (probably a little to early given the things we've been reading) so we've been pretty careful with the water changes (Heated RO/DI water premixed) and are doing tests daily to watch our levels. Right now we have 2 emerald crabs, 20 blue hermits crabs, 10 scarlets crabs, 10 nessarius snails, and 10 astrea snails.
Can anyone help us identify these 2 unknowns???
Here's a pic of the black mounds:
Here's a pic of the red algae:
Here's an overall pic of the tank:
Thanks in advance to all of you! This site has been an amazing source of help!
Derek & Tina
We've been doing 50% water changes every other day, supplementing with a Calcium, Magnesium, Strontium supplement to promote coralline and keeping the lights down to a minimum. Our LFS advised us to get some crabs and snails to keep the algae in check (probably a little to early given the things we've been reading) so we've been pretty careful with the water changes (Heated RO/DI water premixed) and are doing tests daily to watch our levels. Right now we have 2 emerald crabs, 20 blue hermits crabs, 10 scarlets crabs, 10 nessarius snails, and 10 astrea snails.
Can anyone help us identify these 2 unknowns???
Here's a pic of the black mounds:
Here's a pic of the red algae:
Here's an overall pic of the tank:
Thanks in advance to all of you! This site has been an amazing source of help!
Derek & Tina