jeffg
New Member
I have a new 46g FOWLR tank that has been up for about 8 weeks now. I have 72lbs of live rock and also have live sand. I got a new Current sundial T5HO and in the past couple of days have had MUCH algae growth. From what my LFS tells me it is red slime. I also have alot of green/brown on the sides, back and on my pumps (especially the Protein skimmer pump). I have a Fluval 305 filter. The water readings seem good with no ammonia, nitrites and around 30mg nitrates. PH is 8.3. The lights were on for 12 hours and I just (tonight) moved them back to 9 for the actinic and 4 for the daylight. Besides the filter and protein skimmer, I don't have any other pumps. Should the water circulation be more? I just added 3 turbo snails, will that do it?
Sorry for the long explanation.
Sorry for the long explanation.