Just the other day I was saying I haven't had this so called new tank syndrome problem yet. Well today I noticed the start of a brown algea out break. My tank has been cycling for almost a month now with live rock. My levels are all good, indicating I'm finished with the cycle (Ammonia - 0, Nitirite - 0, Nitrate ~10, pH 8.0-8.2, Alk 8-10dKH).
Should I do a water change now and introduce a small cleanup crew for a FOWLR tank?
MY other concern is that just two days ago I added another piece of live rock (10 lbs) from my LFS, only 10 minutes away and introduced it to the tank right away. Absolutely no change in my water parameters. I also had a very small intial cycle ~20 lbs LR (extremly small spike in ammonia/nitrite). Is my tank just kicking ***, did I get great cured live rock, or are my test kits playing games with me? I must be abnormal, I'm dissapointed I have no traces of ammonia/nitrite.
Should I do a water change now and introduce a small cleanup crew for a FOWLR tank?
MY other concern is that just two days ago I added another piece of live rock (10 lbs) from my LFS, only 10 minutes away and introduced it to the tank right away. Absolutely no change in my water parameters. I also had a very small intial cycle ~20 lbs LR (extremly small spike in ammonia/nitrite). Is my tank just kicking ***, did I get great cured live rock, or are my test kits playing games with me? I must be abnormal, I'm dissapointed I have no traces of ammonia/nitrite.