deron_d
Community Member
Hi all,
Started small aquarium about a month ago. Build details:
Fluval Evo V
Newa 606 pump
RFG on return
Intank with Floss, Chemipure Blue, Matrix
Carbisea Life Rock
Caribsea Live Sand
Stock light
I cycled with Dr. Tims products.
In two weeks readings for ammonia, nitrate, nitrite were all 0 and I was able to add ammonia and watch it process in 24 hours.
At that time I assumed good to go and added:
Juvenile clown
Juvenile royal gramma
A week later, with readings for ammonia, nitrite at 0 and nitrate < 5 PPM, I added some CUC to try to assist with any waste issues.
2 blue legged hermits
1 dwarf trochus
2 nassarius
Things have been going well until last few days as I've started to see I guess a brown algae diatom bloom and collection of green algae.
Params all check out with 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, nitrates very low.
Should I add to the CUC to help clean up this algae that's sprouting? I was thinking to keep nassarius about where it's at, double the hermit crew and maybe increase to 4 trochus or so.
One thing I've done is sort of mix up / turn the substrate. Also directed my return to point towards it so that it's getting some movement of the sand (not blowing all around, but some movement). Not sure if that's all good or bad.
I've been running the lights quite a bit. I'd say 12 hours a day or so. Was thinking to scale back dramatically or go dark for a time.
I've been doing 25% water changes each week. RODI. Salinity is sitting at 1.0025.
Goals for future would be to add some softies, maybe some frogspawn later down the road. Perhaps add a cleaner shrimp and as mentioned expand CUC if needed. Planning to get a 32g Biocube as these fish get bigger and transition them there. Hoped to stay on top of water changes, etc. between now and then. So far numbers look okay but seeing this algae has me concerned (even though I know deep down just the uglies).
Any other advice for dealing with the algae situation would be helpful.
Started small aquarium about a month ago. Build details:
Fluval Evo V
Newa 606 pump
RFG on return
Intank with Floss, Chemipure Blue, Matrix
Carbisea Life Rock
Caribsea Live Sand
Stock light
I cycled with Dr. Tims products.
In two weeks readings for ammonia, nitrate, nitrite were all 0 and I was able to add ammonia and watch it process in 24 hours.
At that time I assumed good to go and added:
Juvenile clown
Juvenile royal gramma
A week later, with readings for ammonia, nitrite at 0 and nitrate < 5 PPM, I added some CUC to try to assist with any waste issues.
2 blue legged hermits
1 dwarf trochus
2 nassarius
Things have been going well until last few days as I've started to see I guess a brown algae diatom bloom and collection of green algae.
Params all check out with 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, nitrates very low.
Should I add to the CUC to help clean up this algae that's sprouting? I was thinking to keep nassarius about where it's at, double the hermit crew and maybe increase to 4 trochus or so.
One thing I've done is sort of mix up / turn the substrate. Also directed my return to point towards it so that it's getting some movement of the sand (not blowing all around, but some movement). Not sure if that's all good or bad.
I've been running the lights quite a bit. I'd say 12 hours a day or so. Was thinking to scale back dramatically or go dark for a time.
I've been doing 25% water changes each week. RODI. Salinity is sitting at 1.0025.
Goals for future would be to add some softies, maybe some frogspawn later down the road. Perhaps add a cleaner shrimp and as mentioned expand CUC if needed. Planning to get a 32g Biocube as these fish get bigger and transition them there. Hoped to stay on top of water changes, etc. between now and then. So far numbers look okay but seeing this algae has me concerned (even though I know deep down just the uglies).
Any other advice for dealing with the algae situation would be helpful.
