Adding Live rock?

[theseainside]

Hi everyone,

I have had my tank for almost a year now (since january) and it is doing fine and lately i have been considering, adding more live rock to the tank to allow a more "reef like look" as its not the best place to position corals. its an Aqua one 620t which i converted to marine, an i just feel it looks a tad empty. will the addition of rock cause a spike in ammonia or nitrates and cause my precious fish to die? or will it be sustanable. The LFS has heaps of rock in tanks that have filtration. i am running a canister filter and the over head filter? and if so does anyone have any possible design ideas?



Kind regards,
Vic.

 

[Mudzie]

You should be ok adding some more rock but looks like you need more flow as the cyano is spreading....

 

[theseainside]

What is Cyano?

 

[Mudzie]

Are you getting some red slime algae on your sand bed and existing rock?

 

[theseainside]

Yes. How should I get rid of it?

 

[Mudzie]

First thing is not to overfeed the tank... Then you need more water movement,cyano will first build up at dead spots.... What type lighting are you using?

 

[theseainside]

I'm using t5 bulbs

 

[Mudzie]

How old are the bulbs? How long do you run them each day?

 

[theseainside]

They are 10 months old. Probably 10 hours a day

 

[melosu58]

We have articles about cyano and curing lr iin our sw articles section.

 

[Mudzie]

I would start thinking about new bulbs if you still have stock bulbs that came with that fixture they are prob really weak... Check out a couple ati bulbs. And more water movement . Blast that rock with turkey baster and syphon out the best you can..... And yea hey melosu....Lol