Hey everyone, I've had my tank up and running for about a month now.
At first I had lil bits of diatoms showing on the sand and non-live rock in very small quantities but that was fixed by adding more sand sifting snails.
Recently I've had a huge outbreak of brown algae on my non-live rock and my sand bed. It has happened after I got my 4 chromis. I have a number of different sand sifting snails as well as astrea snails going around on the tank walls. Also I've been noticing for the past 2 days there is a flaky material coming out of my sump return flow back into the water. They arent micro bubbles, they look like a very very small flake. The green chromis in there seem to pick at it then spit it out.
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I know my lighting is poor at the moment, only 6500k, I am awaiting my 10k/actinic t5 fixture in the mail. I have a koralia 750 and a nano koralia creating flow in the tank. Dimensions are 24" wide x 24 " tall x 18" deep .
Thanks!
At first I had lil bits of diatoms showing on the sand and non-live rock in very small quantities but that was fixed by adding more sand sifting snails.
Recently I've had a huge outbreak of brown algae on my non-live rock and my sand bed. It has happened after I got my 4 chromis. I have a number of different sand sifting snails as well as astrea snails going around on the tank walls. Also I've been noticing for the past 2 days there is a flaky material coming out of my sump return flow back into the water. They arent micro bubbles, they look like a very very small flake. The green chromis in there seem to pick at it then spit it out.
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I know my lighting is poor at the moment, only 6500k, I am awaiting my 10k/actinic t5 fixture in the mail. I have a koralia 750 and a nano koralia creating flow in the tank. Dimensions are 24" wide x 24 " tall x 18" deep .
Thanks!