Hi everyone - thanks for taking the time to help me out with this! I will try to provide as much info as possible:
Red Sea Nano MAX Peninsula - 26 gallons
1 Snowflake Clownfish
1 Azure Damsel
1 Fire Shrimp
1 Cleaner Shrimp
5 Mexican Turbo Snails
5 Emerald Crabs
Salinity: 1.025
Calcium: 400 ppm
Alkalinity: 8.2 dKH
Phosphate: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 10 ppm
pH: 8
This tank has been up and running for a couple months now, and admittedly I have only done a few water changes. Obviously my water paramaters aren't perfect, working on getting there - but they are steady. Can someone please provide some insight on this algae issue? From the research I have done, I know algae isn't always a bad thing. It started out a lot more minor, but it is slowly carpeting the bottom and covers the majority of rock structure.
I was planning on doing a 5g water change tonight - but not sure how I should proceed. Obviously my priority is to get some of that algae off of the bottom, but should I scrub the rocks too? I can provide more info, but just wanted to get this thread out first to see if anyone could give me some advice. Thank you!
(Turned light up for picture purposes lol)
Red Sea Nano MAX Peninsula - 26 gallons
1 Snowflake Clownfish
1 Azure Damsel
1 Fire Shrimp
1 Cleaner Shrimp
5 Mexican Turbo Snails
5 Emerald Crabs
Salinity: 1.025
Calcium: 400 ppm
Alkalinity: 8.2 dKH
Phosphate: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 10 ppm
pH: 8
This tank has been up and running for a couple months now, and admittedly I have only done a few water changes. Obviously my water paramaters aren't perfect, working on getting there - but they are steady. Can someone please provide some insight on this algae issue? From the research I have done, I know algae isn't always a bad thing. It started out a lot more minor, but it is slowly carpeting the bottom and covers the majority of rock structure.
I was planning on doing a 5g water change tonight - but not sure how I should proceed. Obviously my priority is to get some of that algae off of the bottom, but should I scrub the rocks too? I can provide more info, but just wanted to get this thread out first to see if anyone could give me some advice. Thank you!
(Turned light up for picture purposes lol)