Brand new but not a total noob :)

[Ardsreefer]

Hi all !

Happy Friday.

So i have a 200litre tank. 55g.
Started it on 21st August 3 weeks ago with live sand and live rock.
Set up 2 power heads.
Fluval 407 cannister added better media
Tunze protien skimmer
Uv sterilizer the lean mean green killer
Red sea reefer 90 led

My tank cycled in about 2 weeks. After various water checks. Master test kit used.

I got brown diatoms after afew days. I currently have 6 chromis doing great feeding away started with 2 now 6. I added 2 mexican turbo snails to clear help clear the diatoms and they did just that. Added a sand shifter blenny and cleaner shrimp yesterday. Mind you thought it died via powerhead but its molt thankfully.

But the last few days the water is green i mean like the hulk! It seems to radiate from the rocks. Yet at night the tank is crystal clear! So after research i got the uv kit and after a day it has certainly helped.

My question is when or how much of a water change should i do ? I tested water this am. 1.026 for salt. Ph 8. Nitrates nitrite and ammonia all zero.

Should i wait until the green clears then change ? I have read that a water change could make it worse?

Do i have enough of a cleaner crew ? Should i add more ?

THANKS!

 

[WIReefer]

Welcome to R2R!!! Do you could you post some pictures of the tank?

 

[Silent]

Green water? Sell that phytoplankton and make some money lol.

 

[Ardsreefer]

Welcome to R2R!!! Do you could you post some pictures of the tank?

 

[WIReefer]

What does it look like with the lights on? Maybe it’s just a film on the glass???

 

[Ardsreefer]

What does it look like with the lights on? Maybe it’s just a film on the glass???

Cloudy as ! Lights on a bit clear. Night time its very clear. Maybe just a new tank phase. Phosphates are low aswell as just got them tested. Uv sterilizer should sort it only went on yesterday. With 6 chromis a blenny and 2 mexican turbo snails and a cleaner shrimp is it enough for a cuc ?

 

[G Santana]

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