Dairey And Stupid Qustions

[strttndrrn]

dont no yet mate to be honest iam def geting 2 clown fish but after that iam not realy sure iam open to suggestions. ive spotted a few bad things in the tank 4 or 5 AIPTASIA one is really big and as iam only new to marine i dont thik iam confident enough to sort them using any chemicals or what ever it is to kill them. ive read that pepermint shrimps will eat them so i cant wait to the tank cycles so i can put them in

 

[strttndrrn]

just adding a few new pics and iam going to test my water again tommorow sorry all the pics are side wasys in the second pic i thinks is a ube worm does any one no what the third picture is its hard and stuck on its own bit of rock

 

[Shelby]

Very nic! I only hope mines looks half as well keep up the good work!

 

[strttndrrn]

thanks iam really happy with it

iam noticing a lot of brown stuff on my sand and what looks hair algae over a lot of my rock and maybe sum red slime algae. i havent tested in a few days so iam going to test my water today. any comments on what i should do please.

 

[strttndrrn]

ive just done my second water test heres the results

temp 25
ph 7.7
amonia <0-25 its the lowest the salifert test shows iam i right in thinking i have no amonia
nitrate 5.0
nitrite 0.1 close to 0
salinity 1.025

should i perform my first big water change soon or just leave it another day or 2

thanks for all the help

 

[seffieuk]

Third photo is a euphyllia skeleton.

Brown diatoms = nearly finished cycle but just wait a little longer until you have no trace of ammonia or nitrites then a hefty water change, wait 24 hrs, test again and if nitrates <10 then go get your cuc, what you going to get?

Seffie x