Hi guys,
I am posting because I'd like your opinion.
My tank has a bit more then 4 months and everything is doing great and fine.
In the last month my rocks (the fake purple ones), started to cover of green and this should be normal as part of the maturing process.
Now I am noticing that also the sand in the front of the tank it's starting to "greenish-brownish" a bit. (See pictures).
I'd like to know if this is part of the maturing phase and I should or (should not) worried about it.
Here's my parameters (which I believe are on point since I am very strict)
F: 77*
S: 1024-1025
Ph: 8.3
Alk: 9.2dKh
CA: 440
Mg: 1475
NO3: 10ppm
PO4: 0.05ppm
WC: 15% every week
Lighting: Red Sea Reef Led 45: 12h blue only at 50% intensity + 3 hours moonlight. (It's a small tank, 30g AIO)
I also clean the front+side glass of the tank almost every day because green algae dots and brown dirt are formed.
I dose alk and trace colors every day.
I run skimmer, white cottons and a po4 remover. I made sure the tank is not starving and po4 are ALWAYS present, but in a decent range (0.05-0.1). If it goes too low, I dose Coral ab+ to raise a bit. (I know 0po4/0no3 or low values causes algae outbreak).
CUC is on point! Lots of "sand cleaners" including fighting conches, mitra mitra, cleaner shrimp, sand snails etc..
I took pictures under 100% white, 0 blue to show you better.
Thank you in advance!
I am posting because I'd like your opinion.
My tank has a bit more then 4 months and everything is doing great and fine.
In the last month my rocks (the fake purple ones), started to cover of green and this should be normal as part of the maturing process.
Now I am noticing that also the sand in the front of the tank it's starting to "greenish-brownish" a bit. (See pictures).
I'd like to know if this is part of the maturing phase and I should or (should not) worried about it.
Here's my parameters (which I believe are on point since I am very strict)
F: 77*
S: 1024-1025
Ph: 8.3
Alk: 9.2dKh
CA: 440
Mg: 1475
NO3: 10ppm
PO4: 0.05ppm
WC: 15% every week
Lighting: Red Sea Reef Led 45: 12h blue only at 50% intensity + 3 hours moonlight. (It's a small tank, 30g AIO)
I also clean the front+side glass of the tank almost every day because green algae dots and brown dirt are formed.
I dose alk and trace colors every day.
I run skimmer, white cottons and a po4 remover. I made sure the tank is not starving and po4 are ALWAYS present, but in a decent range (0.05-0.1). If it goes too low, I dose Coral ab+ to raise a bit. (I know 0po4/0no3 or low values causes algae outbreak).
CUC is on point! Lots of "sand cleaners" including fighting conches, mitra mitra, cleaner shrimp, sand snails etc..
I took pictures under 100% white, 0 blue to show you better.
Thank you in advance!