Is it normal to have an algae bloom during cycling? I set up my tank about 3-4 weeks ago. I have currently 25lbs of live rock in the tank. Its 29G. I noticed like a brown/rust colored algae on the heater, powerhead, filter intake, sand bed, etc. Is that good or bad? Not sure.
Algae Bloom?
- Thread starter Entold
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Sounds like diatoms, they usually appear toward the end of the cycle, they'll eventually go away on their own usually.
Very common to have algae at this point and I agree it sounds like diatoms which are also very common. Let it cycle, do a good size water change when nitrates are all that remain, get a decent CUC and use carbon and GFO (Rowaphos, etc) and go from there.
I would definitely do a test before adding fish
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Not yet, been my experience that still might be a little ammonia around and trites and trates are still high... I'd test it in about a week.
