My ugly phase is begining and I wanted some input on my plan.
So 3 weeks ago, as my cycle had just conpleted, I added some Chaeto in my fuge, a jar of Tisbee pods, and have been dosing phyto.
I was hoping my diatoms would start and i started increasing the light when i added a very small CUC of:
2 Astrea snails
1 very large Trochus
1Large Turbo
1Hermit
1Coral Banded Shrimp
Also have 2 ocellaris clowns.
My idea was to make sure the pods could thrive, i would get the diatoms starting, now that they are hear, I am wondering if I made the wrong move. The pods are clearly going crazy on them, along with the astreas, and the hermit evidently. Shall i keep continuing the now 7 hours of light? Or am I being a dumb dumb
I also have coraline taking off surprisingly fast considering I dosed it too early. Unless I am mis-idemtifying it. This pic is of what appears to be voraline as the diatoms are very clearly the brownish color that I've had in all of my fresh water planted tanks.
Some of my rock had red coraline that i had in water with no flow for nearly 2 weeks and got down to 67F one night before i started properly dark curing it. And it appears the redish coraline is starting to grow again on those rocks.
So 3 weeks ago, as my cycle had just conpleted, I added some Chaeto in my fuge, a jar of Tisbee pods, and have been dosing phyto.
I was hoping my diatoms would start and i started increasing the light when i added a very small CUC of:
2 Astrea snails
1 very large Trochus
1Large Turbo
1Hermit
1Coral Banded Shrimp
Also have 2 ocellaris clowns.
My idea was to make sure the pods could thrive, i would get the diatoms starting, now that they are hear, I am wondering if I made the wrong move. The pods are clearly going crazy on them, along with the astreas, and the hermit evidently. Shall i keep continuing the now 7 hours of light? Or am I being a dumb dumb
I also have coraline taking off surprisingly fast considering I dosed it too early. Unless I am mis-idemtifying it. This pic is of what appears to be voraline as the diatoms are very clearly the brownish color that I've had in all of my fresh water planted tanks.
Some of my rock had red coraline that i had in water with no flow for nearly 2 weeks and got down to 67F one night before i started properly dark curing it. And it appears the redish coraline is starting to grow again on those rocks.