Is this algae?
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Mike J.
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Obviously a new tank, so I would say it's normal. Have you added a clean up crew yet. Algae eating fish.
Other people are going to ask you what your parameters are, especially nitrates and phosphates.
Other people are going to ask you what your parameters are, especially nitrates and phosphates.
Palting
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Algae is normal part of a reef. In a healthy reef tank, all the rocks will have varying shades of green, brown, red, etc. Key is to keep it from being unsightly. Big tufts of algae or long flowing fields of GHA or large fileds of cyano... that's unsightly.
Your tank looks young, probably still cycling. Algae blooms are a normal part of the cycle. You can shut the lights off for several days to decrease the algae growths. If your nitrates are high, time to start water changes.
Your tank looks young, probably still cycling. Algae blooms are a normal part of the cycle. You can shut the lights off for several days to decrease the algae growths. If your nitrates are high, time to start water changes.
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Supramike
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Ya the tank is new it's almost 5 weeks old. Yes I have a little cc 6 turbos and 2 cleaner shrimp and 3 little hermit crabs. But no fish. Should I get more? And the parameters are good.
Hydrahawk
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It is normal. Most of your rocks will be green. You can do a water change or two to remove some of your NO3. You can try to seed it with a rock with Coraline algae. In time, if you are lucky, your rocks will be covered with Coraline algae.
Rob in Puyallup
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StevenBell
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That "haze" will last through most of the cycling stage of your tank.Algae blooms are inevitably part of the hobby.If it continues to be extremely bad after the cycling is complete you can always look into a UV filter.Just be sure to keep track of those water (nitrates and phosphates)!
Rob in Puyallup
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How are the nitrates? When was your last water change? Do you feed the fish too much?
How long has the tank been up and running?
Less white and more blue in your LEDs might help a tad, too. (That's if they're dimmable.)
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How long has the tank been up and running?
Less white and more blue in your LEDs might help a tad, too. (That's if they're dimmable.)
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Supramike
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Up and running 7 weeks on Saturday last water change was Saturday. Nitrates are now 40 ppm. I might have to stop feeding the fish at night or morning cause my boys feed them in the afternoon. So it's 3 times a day. Lights are Dimmable blues are about 75 and white about 50.
Supramike
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60g display 10g sump. In the process of making a new sump from a 20g long and plan on putting fuge in it but it'll be kinda small about 8in across. And I'll stop a feeding.
Palting
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You have to get those nitrates down. I would suggest doing a large water change of 50% or more, repeat after a few days. Stir up the sand bed and scrape the algae off just before each water change. Once the nitrates are down, definitely feed less to keep it from going up again. I feed my fish once a day, and just enough so that no food is left uneaten for more than a minute or 2.
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