New to the hobby and need help

[rjcranor]

Not that it's revelant but I'm guessing you are a Marine. If so Ooh Rah! I have a aquatic life light and have it programmed to have the blues come on at 8:30 and go off at 21:00. My whites come on at 10:30 and go off at 20:00. Moon light on at 21:00 and off at 00:00.I would definitely recommend a clean up crew I have a diamond goby to help keep the sand bed clean. My son is in the Corp he is stationed in Hawaii with the 1/3

 

[jarhead81]

Thanks for the setup info. Currently mine is setup for blues at 0800 to 2000 whites 1000 to 1700 and lunars 2000 to 0600. I plan on changing it to run only about 8 hrs a day. And tell your son semper fi and thanks for serving

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Nice tank!
I agree with Mike. Just give it some time. Some snails and hermit crabs would be beneficial. Adjusting the light period would help too.

 

[jarhead81]

Update to algae issue. After lights out for 3 days adding a small clean up crew and finally changing my light schedule. Everything is looking much better.

I would like to thank everyone for there advice it was well received. Looking forward to talking with everyone while I get deeper into this hobby.

 

[rjcranor]

Also my light originally came with 2- blue, 2- white and the moon lights. My LFS recommended 2- blue, and 1- purple and one white. It definitely looks better. And you will need to change them yearly.