jezlenton
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Looking forward to getting some Corals soon.
Any Suggestions please ?
Any Suggestions please ?
Leighton79 said:Hello,
I wouldn't be putting anything living in there for the foreseeable future.
I've seen hair algae but that's something else.....
jezlenton said:Any suggestions to help get rid of it, and should I do a water change.
Thanks
tdubrow said:Cant really help until we know some more specifics:
Size of tank in gallons:
Age of tank: (days? Weeks? Years?)
Sump/Filter:
Skimmer:
nitrate:
ammonia:
temperature:
Water source (ro, ro/di, tap)
Salinity:
Alkalinity:
Lights:
Livestock:
tdubrow said:I would suggest starting with a tds meter and testing your source water. I would also think about getting a phosphate removing media such as GFO.
Did you start with dry rock or was it live. If it was live rock, where did you get it? I remember when I first started out I added some live rock from the LFS that had a little HA on it. In my newly established tank it just took off and grew like crazy.
Also, how did you cycle the tank?
I guess overfeeding is out of the questions because you only have a cuc.
Its very common to get algae in a newly established tank so don't get too discouraged. Main thing is to figure out what is causing it and then move forward from there. Patience is the key.
Try to manually remove some of it from the sand bed and if the rocks are bad, just try and scrub them off a little at a time. Make sure you rinse the rock in RO water before putting back in tank.
Good luck, and like I said, don't get discouraged.
TeamTrash said:How long do you have your light on for? Since you don't have any corals, you don't really need the light, and the only thing the light is helping grow is the algae.
Tank is 40 gallon
Age is 8 weeks
Sump is 5 gallon
Skimmer is Fluval 400
Nitrate = 0 ammonia = 0 PH = 8.2 Nitrite = 0
Temp is 25c
Water source is RO pre mixed marine
Salinity is 1.020
Lights are led reef day & moon. 4 x 18"
Livestock is just CUC of 8 crabs & 4 snails.
Thanks