Originally Posted by
chuckcac
http:///forum/post/2517674
detrius = fish poop....
brown stuff on rock = diatom bloom - it will pass...
+1 ^ (except for the passing part). Now is when things are going to start getting nasty. You've got a huge bioload and insufficient quantities of LR and LS to perform the ammonia cycle in your tank. Additionally, you've got nothing sufficient going to remove all the nitrates that are going to be produced in this system. Diatoms are beginning to grow and IMO, with the bioload you are carrying and the quantities of LR and LS, it will never pass. Everything in your tank is going to be covered with the stuff. Then the Hair algae bloom is going to start! I'm sorry to say, as the others have, that you are probably in for a lot of disappointment and hardship over the course of the next few months. You've been given a lot of good advice so far, hope you been listening. If you really want to save those fish, its time to kick it in gear.
Go back to the freaking fish store that sold you all that stuff and make them help you out. Order cured live rock from online and get it cycling in a separate tub so you can get it into your DT ASAP! Get carbon running 24/7 with the biggest carbon filter you can get. Consider introducing some macroalgae to cut down on the microalgae blooms that are coming or add a sump ASAP!
Sitting back hoping your fish are going to make it isn't going to get it, not with a system that small and fish that are that big. That eel alone will create enough waste to clog up that tank and create algae blooms that will never end.
You've made some of the first right steps (joining the board and asking for advice ~ welcome by the way), now get moving and help those fish out!