diatom bloom - when can I add fish

[Billybatz9]

I have a diatom bloom. When can I add fish? I have 6 hermit crabs and 6 turn snails in my tank now.

 

[davidfrances]

What are your water parameters?

 

[Billybatz9]

High range ph 8.4
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0

 

[Billybatz9]

What are your water parameters?

Is the above parameters good?

 

[m0nkie]

High range ph 8.4
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0

Decent.. are u getting 0 nitrate and phosphate naturally or are u using gfo, etc? Its good to have some phosphate and nitrate for coral growth.

Its best to add fish 1 month after adding CUC. 3 month cycle, 1 month CUC, add first fish. But some ppl add them much earlier..

 

[Billybatz9]

Decent.. are u getting 0 nitrate and phosphate naturally or are u using gfo, etc? Its good to have some phosphate and nitrate for coral growth.

Its best to add fish 1 month after adding CUC. 3 month cycle, 1 month CUC, add first fish. But some ppl add them much earlier..

That is natural without gfo. I am going to add corals first before fish. Or should I add fish first?

 

[m0nkie]

I added corals first. During the Cuc month. All the easy thingz like xenia, mushrooms, and easy zoas.. gives u something to do while waiting.

 

[Billybatz9]

I added corals first. During the Cuc month. All the easy thingz like xenia, mushrooms, and easy zoas.. gives u something to do while waiting.

What exactly am I waiting for? Lol

 

[m0nkie]

For the CUC to poop and further prepare your tank for incoming bioloads. If you have a sandbed, it helps make it live

 

[Billybatz9]

I've noticed that my sand bed is growing hair algae. My phosphates are 0, what do you think the problem could be?

 

[m0nkie]

You have phosphate leaking from rocks and sand.the algae is consuming them, so your test kits cant detect it. Its not in the water yet.

 

[Teenreefer15]

you can add them now if you wanted to but better to wait a week or two

 

[Billybatz9]

You have phosphate leaking from rocks and sand.the algae is consuming them, so your test kits cant detect it. Its not in the water yet.

What can I do about it?

 

[m0nkie]

If it goes out of control, run phosphate in a reactor to absorb the extra phosphate.

For the algae, best to manual remove the long hair. Then run phosphate, cuc, n an algae eating fish. It will get better.

 

[billnPS]

How long has your tank been running? It sounds like it's newly cycled w/ diatom bloom & algae on sandbed.

 

[Billybatz9]

How long has your tank been running? It sounds like it's newly cycled w/ diatom bloom & algae on sandbed.

Hasn't been too long. Like a month.