hi all, anyways the tank is 2 weeks old and this morning i seen brown diatom? algae on the sand, i left it alone came back home around 3 hrs later and it seems to have multiplied like crazzzzzy.
its a 24gallon aquapod, atleast 40lbs of lr [supposedly almost all of it cured]
added caluerpa earlier this morning to the tank
all tests done with api tests
r/o water.
salt [hydrometer] 1024
Calcium 420
phosphate 0.5
PH : 8.2-8.4
Nitrate: 5.0 [was 10 yesterday]
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0 - .25 [seems like a little more than zero from the test]
started purple up 2 days ago
stock lights, 50watt heater.
the temperature at night till morning is about 78-79..with heater and lights on for about 10 hours a day it seems to get to around 82.
should i keep the lights on? off?
any inputs on what to do? is it normal? will it go away on its own?
lemmie know. thanks..
its a 24gallon aquapod, atleast 40lbs of lr [supposedly almost all of it cured]
added caluerpa earlier this morning to the tank
all tests done with api tests
r/o water.
salt [hydrometer] 1024
Calcium 420
phosphate 0.5
PH : 8.2-8.4
Nitrate: 5.0 [was 10 yesterday]
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0 - .25 [seems like a little more than zero from the test]
started purple up 2 days ago
stock lights, 50watt heater.
the temperature at night till morning is about 78-79..with heater and lights on for about 10 hours a day it seems to get to around 82.
should i keep the lights on? off?
any inputs on what to do? is it normal? will it go away on its own?
lemmie know. thanks..