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ReneeC

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OK so I noticed last night that my tank has brown stuff growing on the live rock and sand....Is this normal??? Is it just algae? Should i claen out the stuff on the sand? And should I put a clean up crew in there yet? If so what should i put its a 55gal. And one last thing all my levels are good except my nitrites, What should i do to fix this?

Renee
 
Hey I had the exact same problem. It was also all over my glass. I was advised to just scrub the glass when you change the water and also to just move the sand around. I got my cleanup crew when my ammonia was 0. Your still cycling? Or no? Hope this helps
 
How long has the tank been running?if its very new and if your nitrITES are high, it could be that your mid cycle...The brown is just a usual alage bloom that will go in time...just one of the things that happens as the tank start s to establish..

Clean up crew can go in about now, now that the ammonia has gone...suggest a mixture of snails, red and blue hermits and maybe a cleaner shrimp or two....

Niko
 
How long does it take for the tank to finish cycling? Silly question i know, but the more i read the more questions i have. On sunday it will be 2 weeks since i got my tank up and running.

Renee
 
So would it be a bad thing to add more LR now or would it just mess things up. When i added the LR that i have in there now 1 of the peices was done curing and the other was just about done. There was hardly any smell to it. Do I really need to have a least 1 lbs per gallon if i have a biological filter already? Do u only need all that rock if it your main biological filtration system?

Renee
 
If your cycling, its best to get as much live rock in now, its done with then....you will get another ammonia spike, but, once its done, its done with...It is true, if you use other mechanical filtration, like an external filter, you dont need all the live rock....but, you have to remember to keep up the maintenance routine with it....strictly....yes, that is the rock you would need to have to get it filtering on its own, with other filters...

Niko
 
So how would u all suggest that i get my nitrite levels down? Water change or should i be cleaning my tank already? Sorry to be a bug I just want to get this right.

Renee

*ok nevermind I see up above it says to do a water change.

Thanks for the help guys!!!
 
Clean up crew can go in about now, now that the ammonia has gone...suggest a mixture of snails, red and blue hermits and maybe a cleaner shrimp or two....

Niko[/quote]
How many of each of these would be ok to put or what would be the recommend amount? Will the Hermits leave the shrimp alone or will they eat them?
 
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