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Do you have any corals in the tank?Haha no, it just covers the glass again in seconds. Nitrates are 5ppm and phosphates are .03ppm
I see a lot of reflection from tank glass and trying to determine if its algae or dino however the greenish tint to water suggests you are getting too much light and my best guess - the light and indirect light coming from your surrounding windows,. Reduce lighting to tank and add some snails such as :
You need to add some kind of media why haven’t you added any yet ?
The tank is new, started cycling it January 31stYou need to add some kind of media why haven’t you added any yet ?
No corals.Do you have any corals in the tank?
If you dont, I would lower the light to see if that helps.
Ok, then I would dim the light and have it on for a shorter time span. It will help limit growth, and possibly kill the majority of it.No corals.
So I ordered an algae scrubber, will it help that much? I’ve turned my lights off and plan to leave them off for a few days. Is there anything else I should be doing. My water is very murkyHow old is the tank if it’s new you are probably in the ugly stage, if you’re going to buy any new piece of equipment, do yourself a huge favor and get a algae scrubber and never worry about algae again, and welcome to R2R
Yes, they can work well. They remove a lot of nutrients from the water, starving the alage in your DT.So I ordered an algae scrubber, will it help that much? I’ve turned my lights off and plan to leave them off for a few days. Is there anything else I should be doing. My water is very murky
You could run some carbon to clear up the water, once you start running the scrubber beside dosing Alk, Ca and magnesium, you also want to dose some trace elements, those scrubbers will strip your tank of everything. If you’re not careful, that’s how good they are.So I ordered an algae scrubber, will it help that much? I’ve turned my lights off and plan to leave them off for a few days. Is there anything else I should be doing. My water is very murky
I’m gonna be dosing allforreef by tropic MarinYou could run some carbon to clear up the water, once you start running the scrubber beside dosing Alk, Ca and magnesium, you also want to dose some trace elements, those scrubbers will strip your tank of everything. If you’re not careful, that’s how good they are.
He said he has murky water carbon should clear it upThat is a phytobloom. Copepods and a UV will end it. Carbon won't do anything.
Carbon cleared it up, should I only run my algae scrubber at night. When lights are off?He said he has murky water carbon should clear it up