10-21-2006, 09:25 PM
snakebite46 Wrote:Bio, quick question. I put some live rock in about 1 1/2 weeks ago and wanted to put some fish in. Well, I got wrapped up in some other stuff that kept me away from the tank. The tank has green algae along the bottom of the glass. I checked water levels (ammon, nitrate, nitrite, etc etc) and everything is still good. Will it still be safe at this point to add fish and a cleaning crew ?
This depends.
NO2 and NO3 along with Amm have to be zero.
Still after reading at zero wait a week or check daily.
What you are experiencing is called Algea Bloom.
Which is your live rock curing. You will get the green and then you will go to a brown color.
What you need to do is keep the glass cleaned as much as possible. Vaccume the sand bed of the algea but try your best not to disturb the sand bed, I mean stirr it up.
I myself what I have done is after I go through this bloom and levels check out---I wait 2 more weeks to be absolutly sure I have finished the curing process.
Now if you need to add more LR---now is the time to do it. If you keep adding each week all you are doing is extending the curing process and essencially you kind of start over and it depends on how much you add.
So try to get all you rock in the tank to start. Then wait any where from 3-8 weeks for the curing process to finish. You may find that the nitrate and nitrite will swap readings back and fourth.
FWIW
I know things get busy buy at this early on you have to make the time no matter what even if it is at 10 at night or midnight. Get the time in whenever.
It pays big time to do so. When starting out it can be a real PITA but when things stabelize you can lax a bit on the routine but not by much. Maybe a day at the most. As time goes on you can go 2 or 3.
I will PM you my # so you can call me if you need to.
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NTC3 RTR assoc .15
NTC3 OS .18
Losi 8T, JR8611a ST servo, Futaba 9350 Th\Brk Servo, RB-C6BB Motor and Novarossi 528XR.