gotmytan
New Member
Hello:
I am relatively new to the hobby and have some questions on a relatively new setup which I have.
I have a 90 gallon with overflow, wet/dry, and protein skimmer.
I have some live rock, but no coral because I have a porcupine puffer and a something(?) eye puffer. Also have a yellow tang, mandarin goby, blue damsel, percula clown, 2 firefish.
I'm having major problems with algae, what I think is red slime algae, and some brown algae which has now turned green (primarily on the sand). I purchased 24 baha red legged hermits and 24 baha snails which I was hoping would take care of most of the algae. While they did a good job, there is still alot of algae and I think the puffers have taken care of most of them!
I have reduced the lighting, but have not yet checked the phosphates, but will as soon as I get a tester.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm new and am anxious to learn! Someday, I'd like to get some corals, but know I probably can't with the puffers.
Thanks!
I am relatively new to the hobby and have some questions on a relatively new setup which I have.
I have a 90 gallon with overflow, wet/dry, and protein skimmer.
I have some live rock, but no coral because I have a porcupine puffer and a something(?) eye puffer. Also have a yellow tang, mandarin goby, blue damsel, percula clown, 2 firefish.
I'm having major problems with algae, what I think is red slime algae, and some brown algae which has now turned green (primarily on the sand). I purchased 24 baha red legged hermits and 24 baha snails which I was hoping would take care of most of the algae. While they did a good job, there is still alot of algae and I think the puffers have taken care of most of them!
I have reduced the lighting, but have not yet checked the phosphates, but will as soon as I get a tester.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm new and am anxious to learn! Someday, I'd like to get some corals, but know I probably can't with the puffers.
Thanks!
