So I have had my Biocube 32 running for about 6 1/2 months and my tank has been recently commented on by a few people on here that my tank is too clean. All of my corals are thriving, but I think people are saying it’s too clean because they’re not enough algae growth. A few things to note, I added all live rock at the beginning, then at the 4 month mark, I added more dry rock to make the structure taller. Also, I forgot to rinse my sand when I set up my tank and haven’t rinsed it since. Nothing has been wrong with it and I think all the loose particles and silicates are gone now (doesn’t make a sandstorm when I stir it anymore). My zoas and torch are doing great and growing new heads. Only algae I have is on my sandbed (cyano) and a little bit of green film algae and other stuff like coraline colonizing on my new rocks (but no cyano or big strands of gha on any rocks) Parameters are:
Phosphate: 0.08 (Hanna ulr)
Nitrate: 0 (Salifert; once I get my new Hanna HR nitrate checker in, I’ll verify that and dose if I need to)
I just don’t know what makes it too clean. It looks fine to me. It doesn’t have as bad of diatoms and cyano as it did a few months ago. I’m unsure. Tel me what y’all think. Thanks
Phosphate: 0.08 (Hanna ulr)
Nitrate: 0 (Salifert; once I get my new Hanna HR nitrate checker in, I’ll verify that and dose if I need to)
I just don’t know what makes it too clean. It looks fine to me. It doesn’t have as bad of diatoms and cyano as it did a few months ago. I’m unsure. Tel me what y’all think. Thanks