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Old 03-10-2009, 06:31 PM   #1
toughmeninpink
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First Salt Water Tank(need some help)


Ok
so as the title says this is my first tank
its been up and running for exactly 2 weeks today
its a 72 gallon bow front
theres 70 pounds of live rock n lik 70-90 pounds of live sand
i just added 2 green/blue chromus today
i put 10 blue leg hermits in lik 3 days ago

Now, i got the water tested and it tested out nicely
everything was perfect sept some nitrates, but they were EXTREMELY low:]
Heres my problem
i have red algea all on the sand and on some of the rock
the wierd thig is it has not grown to the newly added 46 pounds i added on saturday
i did use tap water to fill the tank
i was wonder if some one could diagnose for me and help em fix i would be grateful
if you need pics i cna try to get but i was having truble uploading them to the post:P
thanks
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:01 PM   #2
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Is it red algae or cyanobacteria? You might want to try increasing your waterflow. Also, what do you have for lights? I'm no expert at this, though. Just giving my personal opinion
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