livingart Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 If it's not salifert it won't be good enough that the test kit isnt good enough you could change the shape of your rockwork aaron to allow some height for corals to grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hey Reef im using DI water, tested for phosphates, showed 0. Does the algae mean I have phosphates and that the test kit isnt good enough? cheers :roll: , no, listen to what people say or research, your algae is completely normal and is a good thing at this early stage. Be care of product pushing and advise aimed at "getting at other people". Wait, the algae will grow, then start to wane and then disappear, as long as you keep normal maintenance and water changes up. You cannot take shortcuts to avoid this, it is completely as it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 you could change the shape of your rockwork aaron to allow some height for corals to grow Thanks, I’ll do some redecorating this weekend when I do a 20-30% water change and pop a pic or 2 up. Is an island layout better or can I put it hard up against the back. I understand this will make the back almost impossible to clean / scrape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Hey Reef im using DI water, tested for phosphates, showed 0. Does the algae mean I have phosphates and that the test kit isnt good enough? cheers Minor Algae is normal for setting up tanks, however if you add a PO4 remover it will help to reduce nutrients in the tank so that the algae will starve and substantially reduce growth, Algae does not just use po4, it uses the waste in your tank which will come from the rock You could also turn the lights off as algae can not grow with no light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Update.. I now have plenty of visible algae growing it’s the yellowy brown colour. The water parameters are as below. SG:1.025 pH:8.0-8.2 (Colour is hard to pick) Ammonia: 4 ppm (mg/L) Nitrite: 1.0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrate: 10 ppm (mg/L) Photo Update Below is the maturing Diatoms on the live rock so far. This is the bottom of my tank should i be cleaning this up or wait for it to die off? How do you think it looks? Am I on track ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 yes, exactly as it should look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 yes, exactly as it should look. Oh awesome thanks puttputt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 as it builds up, siphon what you can off as you do water changes, it will go, to be replaced by green hair algae, just do exactly the same, siphon off what you can, and that to will slowly wane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 as it builds up, siphon what you can off as you do water changes, it will go, to be replaced by green hair algae, just do exactly the same, siphon off what you can, and that to will slowly wane. Well after dislocating my right shoulder Friday night and spending over 4 hours in hospital. I managed to get my partner today to do a few test for me. The Diatoms as pretty much taken over my live rock i have pulled off any hair algae that started to form. all scraps have been collected up from the bottom of the tank. Tested Ammonia this morning its sitting between the shades of 4.0 - 8.0 ppm (mmg/L) im going to be doing a 20% water change so hopefully that will help bring it down. SG: 1.024 pH :8.2 Ammonia: 4.0 - 8.0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrite: 1.0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrate: 10 ppm (mg/L) So how am i looking guys Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 some pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 some pics? Sure do new pictures are as below this is the algae after i blow the crap out of with the power head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 lights have been off for 3 days now and algae is starting to subside. will I still see the gas release ? Todays tests results. How are they looking guys ? normal ? pH 8.4 ammonia 2.0 ppm (mmg/L) nitrite 5.0 ppm (mmg/L) nitrate 20 ppm (mmg/L) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 remember the dying algae will have put more nutrients into the system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 remember the dying algae will have put more nutrients into the system oh yea very true.... Bugger ha-ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 remember the dying algae will have put more nutrients into the system Come to think of it will this open a new bag of worms ? as in as soon as i turn the lights back on will the algae come back in full force ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ar-photography Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 haha ill take that as YEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 water changes will help keep them down if you want to cycle quicker pedal faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Question Once the Ammonia and Nitrites drop to 0.00 should i then do a 100% water change ? or is that a waist of time and money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 waste of time and money. 20% tops. whats the reason for the water change in this case if you think about it.... with the rock cycled, and a good skimmer, there are bugger all nutrients to export... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 waste of time and money. 20% tops. whats the reason for the water change in this case if you think about it.... with the rock cycled, and a good skimmer, there are bugger all nutrients to export... ha-ha awesome that's what i wanted to hear. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Today i have found about 30 COLLONISTA SNAILS in my display tank. always good to they find out they are a good hitchhiker These small algae grazers are nocturnal. You'll notice little white spots on your glass, which upon closer inspection, are tiny checkerboard snails. They will reproduce well and are beneficial. They stay small. The largest one I've seen is about 1/4" across. have also my macro algae in the refuge has hundreds of new shoots and roots. Tests Results SG: 1.025 Ammonia: 0.00 ppm (mmg/L) Nitrite: 1.00 ppm (mmg/L) Nitrate: 5.0-10.0 ppm (mmg/L) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 mean! Its sooo cool finding new critters eh. Last night I found orange centipede looking things crawling around which are like 4cm long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Bristleworm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Bristleworm. Exactly what i was thinking Photo Update Tank and stand Display tank with newly added sand skimmer doing its thing Refuge is growing really well Today the diatoms algae seems to be subsiding Coralline algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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