I tried to get a comparison photo. It seems the purple hair algae just disappeared.
I did a few 5-8 gal changes. I think a total of 3. Twice I tried to pluck out the hair algae by hand. But it seemed to come back within 2 days.
I did 1 dose of Prime. I added some bio-reef. I did clean the algae scrubber. I did not know I had to clean that. It did have a lot of green stuff. I also took out some of the loose rocks and cleaned them. I did take the canister apart and kind of cleaned it. I did not know that had to be done once a week. I was told by the last owner once’s per year.
I really have not done much.
is this normal? Was this a cycling tank. Is this a sign of danger?
I see one of my Duncan’s has been closed for a few days. But I did move him. Everything looks ok.
4/14
Amnona 0
Nitrate 5.0 ppm
Phosphate 0.5 ppm
Nitrate 11.3
Alkalinity 10.6
4/17
8gal change
Washed a few rocks
Phosphate 0.25 ppm
pH 8.2
Nitrate 0
Salinity 1.024
Nitrate 2.7
Alkalinity 9.9
Bane looks white
5/16
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0.50
Phosphate 0.25