Where did all the algae go?

[Fmellish]

My tank cycled fairly quickly, about 2 weeks. I think this was due to the live rock and live sand that was already cured.

The first week after my cycle, I grew a full blanket of algae on all 4 walls every day. I would scrape it all off at night, and by lunch the next day you couldn't see clearly into the tank anymore on any side.

I grew accustomed to the daily chore of scraping the walls clean.

Oddly enough, this stopped after about a week. I'm now 2-3 weeks after my cycle and I no longer get algae on my tank walls. What gives?


Thanks
Josh

 

[NeilPearson]

normal algae cycles for a new tank.

 

[AllenFord_SC]

Welcome to the other side so to speak. You passed the cyle and algae stage of new tank syndrome. The algae will grow rampant until they run out of stuff to feed on then just disappear. Your tank sounds like it is ready for the fish. Enjoy!

 

[Fmellish]

Thanks.

I started adding fish and coral as soon as my params were at 0. So my aminals all had to deal with the algae too. Thank god its gone now.

http://fmellish.shackspace.com/aquarium/

Thanks
Josh

 

[doody]

Looking good Josh.
Off topic question. I'm interested in starting a web page like yours. How do I learn how? I like your lay out.

 

[Fmellish]

It was 10 minutes of work in notepad.

HTML, CSS, CSS, and Javascript are the languages it's written in. It's a very simple site. It's only got one page!

Of course I've been coding for 12 years now.

I started writing HTML in 1993. I learned on my own. HTML was simple back then. It didn't even have tables and no one used images. I've just never stopped learning.

At work though it's all C# and framework stuff, but this little website has no server code in it. It will run on any platform. It's a hog though. If I were to actually design it I obviously wouldn't put all those images on just one page.

Come to think of it, I'm actually quite ashamed of it. Some day I'll care enough to build a better version.

Cheers
Josh

 

[doody]

You make it sound like a walk in the park. I know nothing about coding, HTML, CSS, CSS, and Javascript and whatever else you might have mentioned. Is there a web page for dummies. Do i need to learn all that or is there something out there that's like a template and I can just fill in the blanks?

 

[linskica]

all the phosphates got used up. nothing left for the algae to feed off of. When you do water changes you may see some algae pop up here and there but it shouldn't be as bad as when the tank was first cycling

 

[Fmellish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6607846#post6607846 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by linskica
all the phosphates got used up. nothing left for the algae to feed off of. When you do water changes you may see some algae pop up here and there but it shouldn't be as bad as when the tank was first cycling

Good to hear, thanks! I was waiting for it to all come back, but now I know why it hasn't.

Thanks
Josh

 

[Fmellish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6607821#post6607821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by doody
You make it sound like a walk in the park. I know nothing about coding, HTML, CSS, CSS, and Javascript and whatever else you might have mentioned. Is there a web page for dummies. Do i need to learn all that or is there something out there that's like a template and I can just fill in the blanks?

You can always purchase a tool for creating web pages. This works well for some people. Afterall, if you have decent design skills and understand how the Internet and http work, you don't necessarily need to know programming.

I would sgtay away from Frontpage simply because it writes bad code, but I would imagine there are other programs out there that let you design the page in a drag and drop fashion and you don't have to write any code. I personally don't know of any though that are that beginner friendly. I've heard Dreamweaver is good, but for a non professional beginner, the associated costs and learning curve may be too much.

The longest way, but the best way is to open up notepad and write your first page.

html begin

head begin
title begin
title end
head end

body begin


hello world

body end

html end



of course I didn't use actual tags here. I didn't know what the forum software would allow.

Cheers
Josh

 

[doody]

The only thing I really understood there was to buy a program to help me

 

[Fmellish]

Sorry. I suck.

Look for software that will let you build webpages visually.