post cycle I.D.

[jdckbr]

I have some new algae growth,have not been able to identfy, seems to grow in patches on the substrate, and on the rock, snails are taking care of the rock,planning to buy a lawnmower blennie,if in fact the blennie will eat this stuff if not any sugestions would be appreciated

temp 78.2
nitrite 0.0
nitrate <10
phosphate .25
ph 8.1

also planning to buy some cheto this weekend

 

[reefworm]

FWIW, all new tanks go through cycles of algae blooms. As your bacteria and infauna populations increase they will tend to out-compete the algae for nutrients over time. The cheato in your 'fuge will accomplish the same thing, as will a good skimmer. All of them together should be very effective. Unless the blenny is something you'd planned on from the start, you might consider herbivorous snails and save bio-load cap space for another fish species you'd like more. Not to say they're not interesting creatures, mind you. You'll get a variety of opinions on hermit crabs in a reef set up - some say no, others say fine. My advice is to give the tank time to settle in and go through the algae cycles.

 

[BeesGoneWild]

Looks like a species of bryopsis. I would start to pull it out by hand. You can click on my red house for more algae tips as well.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12977069#post12977069 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefworm
FWIW, all new tanks go through cycles of algae blooms. As your bacteria and infauna populations increase they will tend to out-compete the algae for nutrients over time. The cheato in your 'fuge will accomplish the same thing, as will a good skimmer. All of them together should be very effective. Unless the blenny is something you'd planned on from the start, you might consider herbivorous snails and save bio-load cap space for another fish species you'd like more. Not to say they're not interesting creatures, mind you. You'll get a variety of opinions on hermit crabs in a reef set up - some say no, others say fine. My advice is to give the tank time to settle in and go through the algae cycles.

Great answer but I still would pluck that little bit out of the display tank
If you have algae then you have phosphates and nitrates

I would take a turkey baster and lightly baste the surface of the substrate and reef rock once a week. This gets organics and phosphates ect back up into the water coloumn where they can be filtered off
Also check your flow. You should have a flow rate of 20-40 times your tank vol in gph.

 

[reefworm]

OK, Cap'n - words out of MY mouth this time.