first saltwater tank

stkittsreef87 · Dec 19, 2019

hi there ..I started my first saltwater tank ..its a 50 gallon with eshopps sump..I had water and running on November 25th or so...I believe I'm fully cycled by what my tests show me..however I've had no light on the rank the entire time except when I'm in working on it...I ve noticed a white patch on a few of my rocks..one site being pretty big in size...from what I've googled I believe this to be coraline algea that turned white due to no light..my question is should I start to introduce a light cycle now or does it matter?

45ZoaGarden · Dec 19, 2019

Be sure the tank is completely cycled before you add light. The white patch can be many different things. Can you post a picture?

stkittsreef87 said:
hi there ..I started my first saltwater tank ..its a 50 gallon with eshopps sump..I had water and running on November 25th or so...I believe I'm fully cycled by what my tests show me..however I've had no light on the rank the entire time except when I'm in working on it...I ve noticed a white patch on a few of my rocks..one site being pretty big in size...from what I've googled I believe this to be coraline algea that turned white due to no light..my question is should I start to introduce a light cycle now or does it matter?

krbnsol · Dec 19, 2019

Hey! can't hurt if, in fact, this is coraline. Seems a bit early to have coraline but it could be. Were these dry rocks to start with or live when you started?

keystoneckp · Dec 19, 2019

Great people on here, just take it slow and don't rush it.
Took me while to learn from past mistakes.
Welcome to R2R

Samina · Dec 19, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!

+1 on pics to help identify

stkittsreef87 · Dec 19, 2019

it was live rock and live sand when I started and I added a bottle of fritz zyme 9 as well..ammonia is zero and I've done 2 water changes..my nitrates keep climbing..I had a peice of shrimp in there but the past week I took it out and I've just been ghost feeding