Hello....
Is there such thing as an algae cycle on a relatively new tank setup? I have a 90 gallon reef tank which was setup about 4 months ago. These are the specs...
90 g,
about 90 lbs live rock
4 inch aragonite sand bed
red sea berlin classic hangon skimmer with mag pump
1 400 w mh
2 110 w vho attinic
ro water
eheim filter running carbon
2 802 power heads
0 ammonia
0 nitrites
unnoticible nitrates...
Anyway, I've been getting little algae breaks, and I was told that it happens on a newly established tank. Now however, I'm getting some red slime algae, and I just hate the stuff. I did a 30% waterchange last week, but the algae's still there..
It didn't overtake the tank, but it is covering some of the rocks. Should I just wait it out, or is there something I can do to get rid of it?
Besides the red algae, I have some green hard algae which is stuck to the glass near the bottom of the tank...
Thanks guys, any help would be appreciated.
cheech
Is there such thing as an algae cycle on a relatively new tank setup? I have a 90 gallon reef tank which was setup about 4 months ago. These are the specs...
90 g,
about 90 lbs live rock
4 inch aragonite sand bed
red sea berlin classic hangon skimmer with mag pump
1 400 w mh
2 110 w vho attinic
ro water
eheim filter running carbon
2 802 power heads
0 ammonia
0 nitrites
unnoticible nitrates...
Anyway, I've been getting little algae breaks, and I was told that it happens on a newly established tank. Now however, I'm getting some red slime algae, and I just hate the stuff. I did a 30% waterchange last week, but the algae's still there..
It didn't overtake the tank, but it is covering some of the rocks. Should I just wait it out, or is there something I can do to get rid of it?
Besides the red algae, I have some green hard algae which is stuck to the glass near the bottom of the tank...
Thanks guys, any help would be appreciated.
cheech
