Do you have any corals in the tank?
I see a lot of reflection from tank glass and trying to determine if its algae or dino however the greenish tint to water suggests you are getting too much light and my best guess - the light and indirect light coming from your surrounding windows,. Reduce lighting to tank and add some snails such as :I’m lost and don’t know what to do, I clean my glass and in seconds the algae is back. Not running any media yet. Just 2 filter socks. Tanks a max e260 with in cabinet sump upgrade. I was thinking of adding a carbon reactor. Also I’m new to reef2reef. Please help.
You need to add some kind of media why haven’t you added any yet ?I’m lost and don’t know what to do, I clean my glass and in seconds the algae is back. Not running any media yet. Just 2 filter socks. Tanks a max e260 with in cabinet sump upgrade. I was thinking of adding a carbon reactor. Also I’m new to reef2reef. Please help.
The tank is new, started cycling it January 31st
No corals.
Ok, then I would dim the light and have it on for a shorter time span. It will help limit growth, and possibly kill the majority of it.
So I ordered an algae scrubber, will it help that much? I’ve turned my lights off and plan to leave them off for a few days. Is there anything else I should be doing. My water is very murky
Yes, they can work well. They remove a lot of nutrients from the water, starving the alage in your DT.
You could run some carbon to clear up the water, once you start running the scrubber beside dosing Alk, Ca and magnesium, you also want to dose some trace elements, those scrubbers will strip your tank of everything. If you’re not careful, that’s how good they are.
I’m gonna be dosing allforreef by tropic Marin
He said he has murky water carbon should clear it up
Carbon cleared it up, should I only run my algae scrubber at night. When lights are off?
