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I've read through a bunch of posts on seeding tanks with coralline and the method seems very straight forward. My question is more so related to timing- my tank has been cycled for over two months, 6 fish + clean up crew + a ton of happy copepods everywhere. That said I'm still in the ugly stage with diatoms, although over the past few weeks is seems to be slowing down some, and I'm now starting to see some GHA trying to get a foot hold on the sand.
Note- there is no live rock in the tank it was started with dry rock and live sand. I would use a seeding product like purple grow.
Is it too soon for me to try seeding the tank with coralline?
Should I wait for the uglies to go away?
Right now running my Red Sea 90 lights at 50% blue 20% white- would I need to make any adjustments here?
I figure if I can get coralline to start growing it could be a good indicator of tank readiness for the first soft corals.
Thanks!
Note- there is no live rock in the tank it was started with dry rock and live sand. I would use a seeding product like purple grow.
Is it too soon for me to try seeding the tank with coralline?
Should I wait for the uglies to go away?
Right now running my Red Sea 90 lights at 50% blue 20% white- would I need to make any adjustments here?
I figure if I can get coralline to start growing it could be a good indicator of tank readiness for the first soft corals.
Thanks!