pmob7714
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Hello, I have had my 55 gal tank setup for about a month now. For the first couple weeks I had just the water with bacteria culture added. At the begining of the third week I added a mix of 40 lbs live sand, 40 lbs dead sand, and 20 lbs of live crushed coral along with 20 lbs of base rock. Not long after I dropped a piece of jumbo shrimp in there and started adding live rock. My ammonia spiked to 1ppm, but now is at 0.25ppm. My nitrites never went over 0ppm. My nitrates are now at around 10ppm. Brown algae is now starting to grow on and around the shrimp. I am going to take the shrimp out. I was just wondering if it is a good time to do a water change and maybe add a few small clownfish?