Here is my new tank been set up for about a month now. I bought the tank off craigslist complete for $350.00
magnum 350 canister filter (currently not running)
16" CPR refuge w/protein skimmer (1" sand and LR frags)
Current Nova Extreme T-5, 156 watts, 4 bulb (2 blue 2 white)
maxi-jet 900
40 lb. live sand
50 old LR (been sitting in salt water for 6 months Pump running)
10 LR from LFS
Nitrates 0-20 ppm
Nitrites 0
Total Alkalinity 300 ppm
ph 7.9
Ammonia 0
Inhabitants
1 clown
1 cleaner shrimp
1 rainfordi goby
5 hermit crabs
Questions:
Should I have so much brown algae in my refuge?
Should I clean any of the brown algae out of my refuge?
What is the white material in my refuge and should it be there?
How long should the diatom bloom last? (It started about a week and a half ago)
Are the bubbles on the algae normal?( I had a problem with microbubbles early on which has now been taken care of, could those be for earlier trapped air in the rock)
Should I scrape off the old coralline algae on the back of the tank?
The following pictures are of my tank and refuge:
magnum 350 canister filter (currently not running)
16" CPR refuge w/protein skimmer (1" sand and LR frags)
Current Nova Extreme T-5, 156 watts, 4 bulb (2 blue 2 white)
maxi-jet 900
40 lb. live sand
50 old LR (been sitting in salt water for 6 months Pump running)
10 LR from LFS
Nitrates 0-20 ppm
Nitrites 0
Total Alkalinity 300 ppm
ph 7.9
Ammonia 0
Inhabitants
1 clown
1 cleaner shrimp
1 rainfordi goby
5 hermit crabs
Questions:
Should I have so much brown algae in my refuge?
Should I clean any of the brown algae out of my refuge?
What is the white material in my refuge and should it be there?
How long should the diatom bloom last? (It started about a week and a half ago)
Are the bubbles on the algae normal?( I had a problem with microbubbles early on which has now been taken care of, could those be for earlier trapped air in the rock)
Should I scrape off the old coralline algae on the back of the tank?
The following pictures are of my tank and refuge: