My 90 Us Gallon Reef Tank Journal

[leecara]

ok thanks i will wait for 2moz when i also get some l rock also i have brown algae now how can i stop this and how can i prevent it in the future

 

[SkiFletch]

Depends, where is this algae?

 

[leecara]

in the tank

some on sand and back glass and some rocks are browner than the others

 

[SkiFletch]

hummm, cyanobacteria or diatoms?

 

[leecara]

dont meen to sound dumb bcuz im not but whats what ?
p.s the brown is getting very dark on the rocks now

 

[SkiFletch]

You should have read through the stickies by now

 

[leecara]

i have read through alot but obviolousy i missed this one thanks


pics of brown algae

 

[SkiFletch]

Looks more like diatoms to me... Got any CUC in there yet?

 

[leecara]

no i have found a snail hitchhiker (tiny) but i was gonna wait as im adding live rock tomoz and dunking that green bubble rock also
how long wouldn u leave it ?

 

[wflash3]

adding some turbo snail will stop the brown algae from going as well as get rid of it. It worked for me...

flash

 

[leecara]

ok would it be ok to add 3 turbo snails tomorrow while getting live rock or shall i wait a few more days to getthe t.snail/c.u.c

(was origanally planning on adding c.u.c when tank is cycled or does it not make a diffrence to the cuc at this stage )

 

[enjoiskater158]

it should be fine

 

[leecara]

ok i will add a couple of turbo snails and more liverock tomoz then wait till stats go 0 again then slowy build up my c.u.c (will ask qs later on this week bout c.u.c)
this sound good or ....

 

[enjoiskater158]

sounds good to me How much LR is in there now and how much are you adding to the tank?

 

[leecara]

never kept record of how much lr but i will be posting pics hopefully 2moz as the lfs has no lr but i will go 2 another 2moz
as for the t.snails i bought 2 and at the min they seem to be doing fine

i will later on today be posting some stats up