saltwaterdave
Member
was it a good thing to have to change that color or was it bad alage??? and Thank You!!
newbie question!!!
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orwolf77
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I've been told it's a good thing. The reason being it means you are getting the biological activity going in your tank. One of the "Sharks" could answer your question better.
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obatang
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That brownish algae is the part of the cycle so dont worry about it. It will go away in a couple of more days. but the next algae you will get is probably green hair algae. Algae is'nt harmfull it just looks ugly. Let the algae stay and it will go away.
karlas
Member
the color changing on your substrate is normal its your first alge bloom. a salt tank will go through several of these this is the process of the tank maturing. after 6 months or so the worse of maturing is over but it take a tank a full year to fully mature. what you have is a brown diatom alge its usually one of the first alge blooms a tank gets.you'll probably get hair brown,green, or both. plus many others
i would try to change the cc over to ls before the tank gets to established. to go cheaper you can get dry sand and seed it with some ls from somebody elses tank or a lfs. also when if you pull out the cc it would be a good idea to take the ugf out. 1. they dont work well with ls 2. ugfs with cc become major nitrate factorys. also with lr it is better with reef or fish, lr and ls will become your main filters for the tank.
go with fo so you can learn the basics of salt then after the tank ages a little you can think about going with corals. its a lot easier to switch with ls and lr already in the tank.
i would try to change the cc over to ls before the tank gets to established. to go cheaper you can get dry sand and seed it with some ls from somebody elses tank or a lfs. also when if you pull out the cc it would be a good idea to take the ugf out. 1. they dont work well with ls 2. ugfs with cc become major nitrate factorys. also with lr it is better with reef or fish, lr and ls will become your main filters for the tank.
go with fo so you can learn the basics of salt then after the tank ages a little you can think about going with corals. its a lot easier to switch with ls and lr already in the tank.