more experienced opinions

[untuchabalwun03]

HEY I JUS GOT MY TANK UP AND RUNNING AND I DO HAVE SOME INVERTS WHICH CONSISTS OF ABOUT

10 CERITH SNAILS
2 ASTRIA SNAILS
3 MEXICAN TURBOS
2 SCARLET CRABS
1 BLUE LEGGED CRAB
3 EMERALD CRABS

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT ALGAE IS BUILDING UP ON MY TANK DAY BY DAY... WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR ME TO DO? BY OPINION?

 

[Murphs205]

leave it alone ........... it will go through that bloom ,,should cycle through in a few days, and start getting better

 

[Kreeger1]

Are you using RO water? Nutrients could be coming straight out of your tap water

 

[anaelitz]

Murph is right....let it go and let the inverts do their job. My tank looked like a dropped a giant green wig in it when I added inverts. couple days later.......very nice

 

[Pescado Amigo]

R U using RO water? if so, Murph is right on. If not, you should be.

 

[Tonycip]

especially the turbo snails. how big is your tank? I had 2 turbos and they cleaned up my 92 gal in about a week.

 

[untuchabalwun03]

i have a 55gal

 

[Kreeger1]

are you using tap water?

 

[untuchabalwun03]

no im not im using saltwater

 

[GROWSZOAS]

r u using tap water to make your saltwter????????

 

[untuchabalwun03]

no i get my water from salty critter so i woulnt kno if they use tap or not

 

[Murphs205]

have santa bring you a RO/DI unit for your water supply , Dan has them at Salty , and if you get your water from him it is RO/DI water ,, just let it be for a few days , it will clear up and be fine ,, dont over feed and keep lights on as little as possible for the next week or two .. it will all go away in due time , its part of your tanks cycle and very normal

 

[crazyseany]

I hope you're no using fresh saltwater out of lake Erie.....

if you are using water straight out of the faucet.... there is stuff in there that algae loves..... nitrates and phosphates especially. it is best to use reverse osmosis(ro) and deionized (di) water..... those 2 make it to where it is almost pure water.... no settlement,iron,phosphates,nitrates, rat canckles....etc.

you can do a water test on you're tap(faucet) but then you won't want to drink it....

sean.

 

[Murphs205]

i am not knocking you in any way , but i see that your pretty new at this ,,READ UP,READ UP,READ UP as much as you can choke down ,,it will save you headaches and cash , there are tons of great web sites and books out there ,,,try ' THE MARINE AQUARIUM HANDBOOK" by Martin A Moe Jr ,,,real good stuff in there ,,and there are several more great books to read too ,,,the more you know the better your system will run and look. and there are some really smart members in here to help you at anytime ,

http://saltaquarium.about.com/ ,theres some good reading for ya ,,,,,

 

[Jeff Trout]

cut back on light hours

 

[Jeff Trout]

cut back on light hours