hi all,
I am starting in the life of a reefer and have a few worries if you could help that would be great thanks
i have a 180 L saltwater tank with a good 3"/7cm sand and 16kg of dry live rock, it is running 2 weeks and currently on day 11 of the red sea reef mature pro kit. I have been following the program exactly in the book and also watched many videos on the kit. it says on day 10 to introduce your clean up crew, we ordered an assortment of snails set to arrive tomorrow being day 12 of the red sea rogram.but i am worried because my water parameters are not right and i am not sure i hav enough algae yet to feed them,
should i do a big water change to get the water levels down for the snails? but in the book i am not due another change until day 14
i do not hav an amonia test kit and my nitrate seem to be reading at the highest on red sea test kit , i am new to this and really don't wanna harm any of the team, could i put them in a seperate container and feed them until things settle ,
my tank is now steadily being taken over by diatoms , the sand and rock is 50% covered in dark brown and mainly all areas being hit directly by my lights,
some advice would be greatly appreciated ,
thanks
I am starting in the life of a reefer and have a few worries if you could help that would be great thanks
i have a 180 L saltwater tank with a good 3"/7cm sand and 16kg of dry live rock, it is running 2 weeks and currently on day 11 of the red sea reef mature pro kit. I have been following the program exactly in the book and also watched many videos on the kit. it says on day 10 to introduce your clean up crew, we ordered an assortment of snails set to arrive tomorrow being day 12 of the red sea rogram.but i am worried because my water parameters are not right and i am not sure i hav enough algae yet to feed them,
should i do a big water change to get the water levels down for the snails? but in the book i am not due another change until day 14
i do not hav an amonia test kit and my nitrate seem to be reading at the highest on red sea test kit , i am new to this and really don't wanna harm any of the team, could i put them in a seperate container and feed them until things settle ,
my tank is now steadily being taken over by diatoms , the sand and rock is 50% covered in dark brown and mainly all areas being hit directly by my lights,
some advice would be greatly appreciated ,
thanks
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