live rock set up question

[lowcountry1]

I am new to the hobby and this may be kind of a dumb question but I will ask anyway...

I am adding live rock to my 12 gal aguapod and have it all the way out to the sides where it is almost touching the glass. Will this be an issue eventually because there will not be sufficient room to clean the inside of the glass? I have had my tank for 5 months and have not had to clean the inside for the last two months. I dont know if it is due to the water being "established" or if the snails are keeping it clean. Anyway, just trying to get any opinions. Thanks

 

[3fins]

The only problem would be that there would be algae around that area. I have the same thing in my bio cube. The area thats has the class and the rock, is were the most (green/brown) would be only if the rock is touching on the glass, just becasue theres not mucth room to clean with a mag float or somthing but i sopose the snails would clean it. soooooooo to ansewer ur question its matter of prefernce. Im fine with it only cus it gets clean by my little friends. Hope that helps at all

 

[Bri Guy]

I like to keep a little room between the two so my magfloat can sneak through and clean the glass, cause there is alot of algae due to the high light.

But in the back (where I don't care) the rock is leaning up against the glass, so it doesn't really matter what you choose to do, your prefrence.

 

[lowcountry1]

yeah, I am going to do a little rearranging and get the rock out enough to leave room for the Mag Float...

Sooo, here is another question. I have been doing the following tests.

Calcium, KH,NO3, and PH. My calcium level is around 400 and I am trying to raise that to 450 to get more coraline algae growth.

The Nitrate test color chart shows the levels to be in the 0 range. Is it bad for it to be that low? Just wondering if it would be healthy to at least have some nitrates like arround the 12 level.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

as far as the NH3, NO2, NO3, and i believe PO4 levels you're trying to reach zero...

NO3 though a little safer then the the NO2 and definately more safe then the NH3, you should just try to eliminate it all to gether..good live rock and high bacterial content in those rocks will do most of it for you..the rest is done with water changes..

PO4, i believe is the chemical equation for Phosphate should be approaching zero as well to help reduce the amount of brown / green algae growth.. Macros in a fuge will help this.

i too have a couple rocks too close to the glass for the mag to fit in there...i will just have to use a hand sponge or rely on the astrea's to do thier job...if they ever get off the rocks first..