Microbubbles on the sand help

[flyingscampi]

This was my tank a couple of weeks after I started the cycle (see my build thread.) I guess these are diatoms and they covered most of the tank.

I did absolutely nothing to this. This was taken the day I moved a lump of live rock from my old tank. After that it gradually disappeared. Bacteria, pods, and algae bought in on the live rock either ate it or competed with it.

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

So I should just leave it for now right? The diatoms have pretty much covered the entire tank since yesterday, I see some greenish algae growing on the glass with microbubbles on them too. Should I get some CUC other than the nassarius snails i already have? The nassarius snails clean up the leftover food mess pretty good since I only have 2 fish in there right now.

Not a bad idea to get some algae eating CUC as your nassarius snails won't eat it. And the algae is never gone from your tank, to keep it invisible, you need something that eats it.

I have good luck with astrea and trochus snails snails, i have a mexican turbo that is an algae eating machine, but I hear the mileage varies with turbos.

The microbubbles I have never had with green algae that wasn't bubble algae, but maybe it does resperate to the point of creating bubble and I just don't see it due to flow.

I have 5 astrea, 2 trochus, 3 serith, 3 nassarius, 1 turbo, 1 blueleg hermit, 1 red reef hermit, a cleaner shrimp and a coral banded shrimp in my 75 gal for CUC. I definitely need more snails. And the hermits can be ***** to the snails sometimes, so only get a hermit if you reeeaaalllly want it.

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

Also, for the nassarius, i have the larger white ones, and not the vibex. I notice if I don't overfeed, i need to supliment them, so I would make sure you have either the smaller (vibex) ones, or give them a little extra if they are constantly searching. When there is not enough food for my nassarius they start climbing the glass and base jumping off until i give them something. I bought krill just for them because they are big meat eaters and krill is too large for my fish.The rest of my tank will over eat the mysis before the snails get a chance to have some. They appear to also like pellets though.