not using nitrate absorbing or phosphate absorbing media, using those too soon + dry rock starts is implicated to be the number one cause of dinos in the big dino study threads, its why we want to wait to run any media that specifically absorbs either nitrate or phosphate. An imbalance there can set your tank back months and months of a sustained dinos invasion, dinos would be something that will make you absolutely hate reefing, since the start of this thread I wanted to head the other direction.
what you see growing is a sign that you are feeding well, and the miniature webs that eventually support corals without so much direct feeding are forming as various mats that trade off in makeup overtime. mainly just be cleaning and guiding them out, even if a cuc doesnt work on them, still siphon them out but we wouldnt actually change the parameters that are growing your algae; those are the same ones that will keep your corals from bleaching~they're a sign of good, not bad, and they're a sign we get out on our knees in the garden and dig/scrape/garden for a while. we dont reach for the roundup first go these are the action balances vs hands off balances that will keep your corals not bleached, your system uninvaded, and your live rock maturation going normally.
all that requires some nitrate and phosphate so we let those params be what they will, we just keep the new tank clean and the rest works out fine, without testing for a long time.
what you see growing is a sign that you are feeding well, and the miniature webs that eventually support corals without so much direct feeding are forming as various mats that trade off in makeup overtime. mainly just be cleaning and guiding them out, even if a cuc doesnt work on them, still siphon them out but we wouldnt actually change the parameters that are growing your algae; those are the same ones that will keep your corals from bleaching~they're a sign of good, not bad, and they're a sign we get out on our knees in the garden and dig/scrape/garden for a while. we dont reach for the roundup first go these are the action balances vs hands off balances that will keep your corals not bleached, your system uninvaded, and your live rock maturation going normally.
all that requires some nitrate and phosphate so we let those params be what they will, we just keep the new tank clean and the rest works out fine, without testing for a long time.