Hey guys, I'm relatively new to the salt world (started back in January) I'm noticing some issues with my corals that lead me to believe they may be similar to what you are experiencing. Recently I've had an algea bloom (minor bubble algea not bad, some cyanobacteria (I think), and what I believe may be calothrix ( a lot of it all over rock and sand)) I cleaned off my sand bed and put in 10 nassarius snails and a emerald crab. I am letting them do their thing. The tank is 36 gal, calcium is a little high (470) alk is good 8.5 mag needs to go up 1170, po is undetectable and Nitrate is around 25. At first I was worried about the nitrates beig so high but now you guys have made me realize that some is good (they still may be on the high side). The one thing I'm worried about is once I get my algea in check what should I try to keep my po and Nitrate around?
