brwon stuff in tank

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Hi, we are new to a saltwater tank and have a few questions. We have a 55 gal. tank with crush coral bottom. I have this brownish stuff growing on most everything from the fake coral rock I have to the back of the tank. I am wondering if this is normal or should I be concerned about this. All of our readings are good except the Nitrites, are sky high. What can I do to help get these to come down? I have read several forums and I noticed I should throw a dead shrimp in there to help my cycle. We have had the tank up and running for 6 weeks. Everything was going good until my husband did a water change, and cleaned the filters in one day. I think he threw us back to step one by doing this all in one day. So I guess what I am wondering is, is the brown stuff good and if not how can i get rid of it. Thank You
 
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asily

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So this is normal. Yea!!! Because I just noticed it is also on my live rock. I was also wondering can I kill my live rock?:eek: I hate to kill it because my nitrites are so high. Will the brown stuff stay or will it eventually start to disappear? Thanks for helping me.
 
paulcoates

paulcoates

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It should eventually disappear. Buy a cleanup crew and that will help a lot ( in fact, you should have a cleanup crew)
 
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Ok, will the clean up crew live with the nitrites so high? And what should I think about getting? I would ask the "kid" at the pet store but I am not sure they know much about what I ask them. Any suggestions would be great. Also should I put a bottle of cycle into the water to help lower the nitrites? This was suggested to me to do that and unless it will really help I won't do that. Any help or suggestions would be great thanks again.
 
paulcoates

paulcoates

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I would wait for your system to finish cycling before adding any animals. However look on here under Reef Packages to see what types of animals you should get
 
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