flying-pro
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My 180 gallon has been going for about 4 weeks. I condensed 2 other tanks that had been up for about 2 years. The other 2 tanks gave me about 170 pounds of LR (2 years old). I added about 65 pounds of new (cured) LR that I received before Thanksgiving and had re-cured after the shipping.
For a bio load I have 1 blue tang, 1 white cheek tang, 6 green chromis, a pair of mate clowns and a bi-color blenny. I would say about 16-19 inches of fish total
Here is my question. I am getting some red cyno on some rock, both old and new rock and some diatoms on the glass and substrate (crushed coral about 1.5 - 2" deep on 1/2 of the tank). I would say that I am getting the cyno on about 5-10% of the rockwork.
All water parameters are testing at zero. My skimmer is pulling what I would consider a normal amount of skimmate. I am not using ozone. The Calcium reactor is holding the PH between 7.95 and 8.15 depending on the time of the day and my calcium is at 430, Alk at 3.25meq/l.
Do I blow the cyno off with the baster, or just let it run it's course. I realize that if I let it run, the infected rock will loose some coralline, but my coralline grows so fast that won't be a problem. Everything in the tank looks real happy and I am bearly feeding these guys. I have 2 tangs in the tank that are finding a ton of food somewhere though because they are both pretty fat.
For a bio load I have 1 blue tang, 1 white cheek tang, 6 green chromis, a pair of mate clowns and a bi-color blenny. I would say about 16-19 inches of fish total
Here is my question. I am getting some red cyno on some rock, both old and new rock and some diatoms on the glass and substrate (crushed coral about 1.5 - 2" deep on 1/2 of the tank). I would say that I am getting the cyno on about 5-10% of the rockwork.
All water parameters are testing at zero. My skimmer is pulling what I would consider a normal amount of skimmate. I am not using ozone. The Calcium reactor is holding the PH between 7.95 and 8.15 depending on the time of the day and my calcium is at 430, Alk at 3.25meq/l.
Do I blow the cyno off with the baster, or just let it run it's course. I realize that if I let it run, the infected rock will loose some coralline, but my coralline grows so fast that won't be a problem. Everything in the tank looks real happy and I am bearly feeding these guys. I have 2 tangs in the tank that are finding a ton of food somewhere though because they are both pretty fat.
