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jweintraub
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The brown is very normal for a new tank. Everybody's favorite... Diatoms! They go away with time as long as you're using RO/DI with regular water changes.
rpjaws74
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I think you will need a chiller later on as you start leaving the lights on longer and the days get hotter.... I'm a fan of chillers cause I know what I use to go thru when I didn't! Now that I have one it's probably one of the best purchases I've made IMO. But tank is looking good
After I was celebrating that I fixed the leak I saw this on my coral, there is like a hole in the coral like if something wants to grow from there or I dunno, is it dying? Need your expert opinion.... Thanks hopefully you can see what I'm talking about...
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pnavarro170
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nothing wrong, they grow in stalks.
pnavarro170
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you can run the lights alot less to help with the algae growin, still new so slow down just a tad on any more additions. i know its hard. I recommend getting some dr tims one and only also.
pnavarro170
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its to seed and speed up your cycle process, good stuff can only help.
Muchas gracias!
stacy_vennes
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both esv b-ionic and the seachem aquavitro line are good we use both those products and have never had any problems and had great growth while using them really its just a matter of how much you want to spend on stuff for your tank
peacepleasure
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Nice tank set up and welcome to the hobby. I just wanted to share with you that with a new tank comes stages of good bacteria growth. During the first year of a tanks life it will go thru stages of algae blooms such as diatom, hair algae, cynobacteria, they occur to help build up different beneficial bacteria which is where a well established tank comes from. You can minimize these blooms by doing your regular water changes and just making sure you use good rodi water and don't over feed. The less you do this the longer the stages will last. When it comes to diatom tho...which it looks like with the brown stuff on your sand and rocks.. and I know it's very tempting but leave it. The diatom thrive off of silicates which are in silicone..sand.. The more diatom you have in your tank the quicker it will consume its food (silicates) the faster it will starve it's self out and go away.
Thanks a lot!!!
I was told that I should feed the fish a 1/4 of the Brine Shrimp cube food in the morning and another 1/4 in the night... is this accurate or should I feed them 1/2 cube once a day?
about the brown algae, i was told by people here in the forum and at the lfs that is because of the lights ... they're usually on 7 hrs a day (now that I have fish and a few corals...) before I just turned them on for about 2-3 hrs (just because I liked looking at that lol)
Thanks guys!!
peacepleasure
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Lights can contribute to it but on the biological side of it, it is by far not just the lights. I don't like to post other sites but because your new to this and you should research from a various number of reputable sites go check out http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f...d-160389.html?highlight=Reefkeeping+made+easy. The member Geoff is awesome and knows a lot in biology and how everything works on that stand point. On the food, I pretty much eye ball it. I put enough in there that it was all eaten within a few minutes.
peacepleasure
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Your brain will explode with great information on the down and dirty of reef keeping.. not just the perty cool looks of it 
pnavarro170
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i usually get rid of the bristle worms, cant see in the pic, but its not that they are bad now, but if you got alot of them down the line and they can get bigger and bigger its not a good feeling when your scared to pick up any rock. lol
chiller is neat.
chiller is neat.
