So I'm doing my monthly deep clean on my tank and I'm testing the water condition and I'm showing no nitrates in my water. I had to let the tank go fallow due to ich and lost my fish to the sickness, but I still have the snails, shrimp, crabs, and corals in the tank. Should it not be producing nitrates due to the fact I still feed them and such. Second is I'm starting to get a stringy algae in my tank, seems the more I try to clean it and get it out the more it comes back. What fish should i get to keep the algae in check or should i be adding something to kill it off
Advice please
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Billldg
My Gem Tang Is Watching You
Invertebrates don't add a load to a tank, so unless you are overfeeding I doubt it will raise nitrates and phosphates. I want to say dose some neonitro or something to raise it, but pictures are needed as the stringy algae could be GHA or something worse. Also, algae present means their is some nitrates and phosphates, but they will suck it up causing the 0 readings. either way 0 readings is never good.
Saltyreef
I'm not your dad...
I personally would either change the substrate or rinse the heck out of that stuff. I dont know of any CUC that would touch that. Manual removal is your best bet paired with getting your beneficial bacteria colony stable. That algae has to go first.
