Cycle started....But some questions???

[harvey floyd]

My tank has been running for almost 2 weeks now. It is a 30 gallon with arogonite on the bottom and maybe 10 pounds of live rock. Yesterday I decided to help things along and throw a medium uncooked shrimp in there. When I woke up this morning and turned on the tank lights I noticed brown algea growing on the arogonite, and a few tiny spots appeared on the glass. Should I take the shrimp out? Where do I go from here? I did a search with no specific answers.

 

[fshhub]

the algae is probably diatoms, although a ugly, they are a good signt that you are progressing, no need to worry, and i would leave in the shrimp til the nitrItes peak, it will not hurt your system, to leave it in
have yo been testing for ammonia adn nitrites yet??

 

[harvey floyd]

I havent tested anything for 2 weeks. Ive been letting it do it's own thing. I was thinking of testing this weekend.

 

[karlas]

you will end up having several types of alge until your tank matures. you have to go through all the bad to get to the good. just have patience