New tank syndrome?

Travis Stewart · May 21, 2018

Have a new mixed Reef up and running. Haven’t been feeding too heavy but have recently seen an increase in hair algae. I have been keeping up with water changes. About 2 weeks ago, I found my watchman goby on the floor. He was paired with my pistol shrimp and haven’t seen the shrimp since. Is there a chance he died and this is causing my algae?

DancingShark · May 21, 2018

How long have the tank been running. I doubt the shrimp would cause a algea outbreak if the tank is big enough, have adequate filtration and there is a clean up crew in place. So some more info is needed.

Travis Stewart · May 21, 2018

Tank is two months old. Nice fuge going with good growth. Good skim being produced. 90 total gallons, 4 total fish. No hermits yet, just some good snails. Planning on adding hermits on Wednesday. Wasn’t going to add until needed. Lost a pair of clowns to ich today.

Dennis McGrath · May 21, 2018

Depends on how "new" is new? What are the water parameters?

DancingShark · May 21, 2018

So am guessing it's just new tank uglies. It happens to me in a 16 month old tank everytime I put in a new rock. I don't miss those early days.

Travis Stewart · May 21, 2018

Well it’s also pretty see through and noticed very light in color and read that was a sign that it was weak..it’s a little more than I expected though

DancingShark · May 21, 2018

this is a 10 gallon I set up a few weeks ago.
That hair algea was thick on top of that rock work. It has been dyeing off slowly. Plus I am not sure if the clean up crew is taking care of it.
Point is I would not worry about the shrimp and the nutrient thing. Have you test for level yet.