Sea Turtle
Fish Crazy
I have a 75 gallon tank with 80 lbs of live rock and 4 inches of sand. My tank finished its cycle last week. It is now about 3 weeks old. I put a clean up crew in last saturday (12 snails, 12 hermit crabs). There seems to be a lot of algea growing now on the rocks, sand, glass, etc. I have a literMeter III and I am dosing alk and calcium. Here are my curent water conditions:
KA: 11
CA: 380
PH: 8.6
PO4: near 0
Salinity: 1.026
temp: 80F
What do I need to do to stop the algea? Is this part of the cycle to maturity? Also, I keep my light on about 9.5 hours per day. I am dosing calcium and alkalinity at 50ml/day and 4.93liters or RO/DI water per day for my top off. Does this sound ok. I know my calcium should be a little higher and my KA a little lower and I am working on this. Is there anything that I should be doing to help control this algea? The snails do a prety good job at cleaning it up but it seems to be getting the best of them. I have to clean my glass every night. The water also looks a little green...
Advise would be much apreciated.
Thanks guys.
KA: 11
CA: 380
PH: 8.6
PO4: near 0
Salinity: 1.026
temp: 80F
What do I need to do to stop the algea? Is this part of the cycle to maturity? Also, I keep my light on about 9.5 hours per day. I am dosing calcium and alkalinity at 50ml/day and 4.93liters or RO/DI water per day for my top off. Does this sound ok. I know my calcium should be a little higher and my KA a little lower and I am working on this. Is there anything that I should be doing to help control this algea? The snails do a prety good job at cleaning it up but it seems to be getting the best of them. I have to clean my glass every night. The water also looks a little green...
Advise would be much apreciated.
Thanks guys.