Hey all,
I'm a newbie and I am looking for a little reassurance.
I have a 29 gallon biocube that is about 2 weeks old. It has 20 pounds of live rock and about 40 pounds of live (AgroLive) sand. It cycled so quickly that I never even saw any ammonia or nitrites. The nitrates had climbed to about 20 a couple of days ago so I did a 5 gallon water change. Saltwater was bought from a LFS.
I have 6 astrea snails and 12 hermits in as a cleaner crew.
Just before the water change I noticed a little rust colored algae starting to grow on the rock. Now, two days later, the algae (I'm assuming its algae) covers about half of the sand and rock.
I have read about these algae blooms, but it is disconcerting to a newbie to watch this happen.
Should I be doing anything, or will it just take care of itself?
Karl
I'm a newbie and I am looking for a little reassurance.
I have a 29 gallon biocube that is about 2 weeks old. It has 20 pounds of live rock and about 40 pounds of live (AgroLive) sand. It cycled so quickly that I never even saw any ammonia or nitrites. The nitrates had climbed to about 20 a couple of days ago so I did a 5 gallon water change. Saltwater was bought from a LFS.
I have 6 astrea snails and 12 hermits in as a cleaner crew.
Just before the water change I noticed a little rust colored algae starting to grow on the rock. Now, two days later, the algae (I'm assuming its algae) covers about half of the sand and rock.
I have read about these algae blooms, but it is disconcerting to a newbie to watch this happen.
Should I be doing anything, or will it just take care of itself?
Karl