Hi everyone. I bought a used tank around a month ago. The tank had some algae and smell before it was taken down.
I did clean everything and left the old rock outside of my house since then. However, I just set up the tank 3 days ago. I used live sand with the Fritz Turbo 900 and Fuel fishless, one of the old rock above and the new one out of the box. After one day I saw something look like some dead algae on the old rock and was questioning myself what should I do( the pic is attached below).
Parameters:
Nitrate : 46.6 ( Idk if that is normal for now, test in day 2)
Ammonia :4.5-5 based on the color I guess
Nitrite: 4.5
Is there any advices for what I should do next and expect in the next few days or weeks? Should I do a weekly water change to bring the Nitrate down?
Thank you for reading my post!
I did clean everything and left the old rock outside of my house since then. However, I just set up the tank 3 days ago. I used live sand with the Fritz Turbo 900 and Fuel fishless, one of the old rock above and the new one out of the box. After one day I saw something look like some dead algae on the old rock and was questioning myself what should I do( the pic is attached below).
Parameters:
Nitrate : 46.6 ( Idk if that is normal for now, test in day 2)
Ammonia :4.5-5 based on the color I guess
Nitrite: 4.5
Is there any advices for what I should do next and expect in the next few days or weeks? Should I do a weekly water change to bring the Nitrate down?
Thank you for reading my post!