Starter Fish

trebor126

trebor126

Member
Hi everyone,
I have ben cycling my tank for 3 weeks now, FOWLR. 3 days a go I started to get brown stuff all over my cc and hard coral. I believe these are diatoms from what I have read on this mb.
My question is, I took water samples tonight, and my readings are:
Temp 78f, Amm= 0, Trites= 0, Trates= 0, SG 1.024.
What is a good fish or advert. to put in the tank to goto work on the "brown stuff"? Should I wait a little more before even adding anything?
Thanks
Rob <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />
 
stupid_naso

stupid_naso

Member
Diatom will eventually go by itself. Though when I experienced that I got a sally light foot. He takes care of the business.
 
trebor126

trebor126

Member
Thanks for the recommendation.. Is there anything else anyone would add?
How long until the brown algea and/or diatoms disappear? My lfs said I should raise the alkalinty in the tank. My alk was at 2.8 but added a buffer he sold me and now it is at 3.6. Should I raise it more to help get rid of the algea, or just invest in a good clean up crew?
Thanks again for all the advice...
 
M

molly

Guest
I am very new at this. I had a flare up of diatom algae after about a month. I would get a clean up crew.
I have three snails, 8 hermit crabs and an emerald crab. At first they didn't seem too interested in the diatom algae but I would stir up the detritus very lightly with a turkey baster I bought for this purpose. I think this tricked them into eating off the substrate as opposed to the lr.
The hermit crabs will clean every little piece of my coral but I think it is most effective when one of the snails does a sweep of the tank.
The algae lasted maybe three weeks and now I only see a tiny patch now and again.
Molly
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top