What are these new things in my tank?
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matty0206
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Your tank appears to still be cycling. The brown is diatoms with air bubbles from the gasses trapped under the mat. The white I can't really say without a better pic, could be sponges. Do you have a test kit?
Did you ever let your tank cycle before you added coral and stuff?? Matty0206 is definitely right about it cycling
matty0206
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If your levels are stable and you don't have any nitrites or ammonia do a good size water change and add some snails and hermits to start to eat the algae. You will need to maintain a crew of critters in your tank that keep it clean, snail, hermits, limpets, stars, pods, etc. You might also want to get a test kit and start testing your self. Are you using water from the LFS?
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Ditzy3
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Mr. E. wrasse.......I don't know that it went through a cycle before. I've been trying different LFS here and each one says something different. So I added stuff when I was told I could....of course now I'm hearing different things so I'm trying to do the best I can with my situation now....
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matty0206
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Happy to help, keep asking questions on here and other forums, you need advice without agenda in this hobby. You have to remember that LFS's are a business and want to make money, many are reputable but many are not and others just don't know any better. They can also make twice as much money off you if they can sell you something that they know will die and then you are back buying again. You have to research everything yourself and get a bunch of answers and take the middle ground from there.
You might want to do a series of small water changes, testing between each change. You also want to make sure your water is the same salinity and close temp to the water you are using to change.
You might want to do a series of small water changes, testing between each change. You also want to make sure your water is the same salinity and close temp to the water you are using to change.
Hmmm well just keep getting your water tested and like matty said get a clean up crew and definitely monitor that algae because its nasty looking!
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Thanks Matty, you are right about lfs's and their agenda....I think I found a really great guy....and I have been asking questions like crazy...you just can't know enough. It's such a delicate process.....I'm trying to do right by my poor tank!!!
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matty0206
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They will eat it yes but it will come back if the cycle is not over. Diatoms usually come at the end of a cycle so you will probably be ok. How long has the tank been running? Have you done any water changes?
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I killed a bunch of stuff when I first started 7 or so years ago. It's a learning process.
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The tank has been set up for 2weeks now....it's very new!!! We did our first water change yesterday....
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I will do my best! Thanks for answering....I always look forward to your comments!
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jesterisdead
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When my tank was first setup I had brown algae growing like your rocks look like and lots of airbubbles as it turned out coming from it. I just did small water changes and added my clean up crew including a few emerald crabs and about a week later no algae and no strange bubbles not rising just setting there. It wasn't bubble algae either.
