Brown algea,

driveon53 · 08/26/2011, 10:12 AM

Hi guys i am new to marine aquariums so i am looking for advice ,my tanks has been set up for 5 wks now and water is stable ect and i have live coral and a couple of shrimps to start off with.I have noticed today a brown colouring on my white sand ,i think it is just algea am i right in thinking its time to start adding fish and snails and more clean up critters.
Hope you can help ,regards Phil

xCry0x · 08/26/2011, 10:16 AM

What do you have moving water in your tank? If you have algae problems with nothing but 2 shrimp adding fish and feeding them will just make it worse..Are you using RO/DI water?

TjwBlake · 08/26/2011, 10:19 AM

sounds like it is time for your CUC. I dunno about fish yet, but some snails and hermits might be good at this point

socalsalttank · 08/26/2011, 05:55 PM

Are you mixing your own water. If you do, use the tds meter to test your rodi water. It needs to read 0 on the meter. I think the problem is the water.

dzfish17 · 08/26/2011, 06:02 PM

Welcome to RC. What you are seeing is a diatom bloom and it is normal for a new tank. If you have tested 0 on ammonia and nitrite then you should do a water change and then you can add a small cuc and your first (1) fish. Stock slowly and let the biological filtration of the tank adjust as you add more fish. How big is your tank?

kurens · 08/26/2011, 08:26 PM

+1 on diatom bloom,mine started also after week 5 and got it through few weeks!

08/26/2011, 10:12 AM	#1
driveon53 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2	Brown algea, Hi guys i am new to marine aquariums so i am looking for advice ,my tanks has been set up for 5 wks now and water is stable ect and i have live coral and a couple of shrimps to start off with.I have noticed today a brown colouring on my white sand ,i think it is just algea am i right in thinking its time to start adding fish and snails and more clean up critters. Hope you can help ,regards Phil

08/26/2011, 06:02 PM	#5
dzfish17 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno,Ca. Posts: 2,545	Welcome to RC. What you are seeing is a diatom bloom and it is normal for a new tank. If you have tested 0 on ammonia and nitrite then you should do a water change and then you can add a small cuc and your first (1) fish. Stock slowly and let the biological filtration of the tank adjust as you add more fish. How big is your tank? __________________ 600g (96x36x46) FOWLR

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08/26/2011, 10:16 AM	#2
xCry0x Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Martinez, CA Posts: 1,116	What do you have moving water in your tank? If you have algae problems with nothing but 2 shrimp adding fish and feeding them will just make it worse..Are you using RO/DI water?

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TjwBlake Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kitchener, ON. Canada Posts: 404	sounds like it is time for your CUC. I dunno about fish yet, but some snails and hermits might be good at this point

08/26/2011, 05:55 PM	#4
socalsalttank Moved On Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 59	Are you mixing your own water. If you do, use the tds meter to test your rodi water. It needs to read 0 on the meter. I think the problem is the water.

08/26/2011, 08:26 PM	#6
kurens Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Burbank,IL Posts: 82	+1 on diatom bloom,mine started also after week 5 and got it through few weeks!