I've recently decided to setup my 90 gal reef tank from scratch again and I want to make sure Im on the right track with setup.
The tank was emptied and put in storage for about 2 years to give background.
90 gal's of RO/DI water
55 lbs of live rock (Im going to add another 50 lbs this weekend)
90 lbs of Sand (60 lbs of live sand / 30 lbs of aragonite)
20 gal sump/refugium w/macroalge present in fuge
In Week 3 of cycling. Ammonia Levels are zeroing out while my nitrites and Nitrates are still a bit high.
I've noticed the brown alge bloom has arrived again (like my inital cycling of the new tank) but it looks a bit different then the bloom that I remembered when I cycled the tank for the first time. The alge now isn't stringy and flowing with the current of the water but more harder looking and visible on the substrate and rocks.
Is this still normal? Do I need to introduce a phosphate reactor? I thought the use of RO/DI water would reduce the amount of phosphates and silicates from the water?
Diggaman
The tank was emptied and put in storage for about 2 years to give background.
90 gal's of RO/DI water
55 lbs of live rock (Im going to add another 50 lbs this weekend)
90 lbs of Sand (60 lbs of live sand / 30 lbs of aragonite)
20 gal sump/refugium w/macroalge present in fuge
In Week 3 of cycling. Ammonia Levels are zeroing out while my nitrites and Nitrates are still a bit high.
I've noticed the brown alge bloom has arrived again (like my inital cycling of the new tank) but it looks a bit different then the bloom that I remembered when I cycled the tank for the first time. The alge now isn't stringy and flowing with the current of the water but more harder looking and visible on the substrate and rocks.
Is this still normal? Do I need to introduce a phosphate reactor? I thought the use of RO/DI water would reduce the amount of phosphates and silicates from the water?
Diggaman
