Hello, I need some answers please. I setup a fluval 13.5 evo with live rock live sand and a bottle of dr Tim’s 5 weeks ago but I think I left the live rock in the open air for too long while setting up aqua scape and had some coraline algae die off chipping off and floating. My question is, does the dying coraline algae create ammonia? Now I’m experiencing a bacterial bloom that’s been going for more then a week. Not sure what I should do to get rid of the bacterial bloom. I can deal with the small amount of coraline dying but this bacterial bloom sucks. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Animals:
2 small clowns
6 hermit crabs
4 snails
Zoa frag 3 small polyps
4 small frags of Montipora
1 birds nest frag
1 honey pot Favia frag
1 frag green star polyps
1 small frag of purple cespitularia
filtration upgrades
Lighting/Ai prime 16 Reef
Sicce Syncra silent 1.0 filter pump 251GPH
Hygger mini wave maker 1600GPH
Intank media basket in first filter slot running filter floss, bio-media foam, , bottom is filled with bio-max media rock. Middle slot has the original media-foam I cut down by half under That more bio-media rock.
50 watt heater
sorry the pics don’t do it justice
pH- 8.0/8.2
Ammonia- 0.15ppm
Nitrites- 0ppm
Nitrates- 0ppm
Calcium- 460
dKH-8/alkalinity-143.2
Phosphates 0.25
Animals:
2 small clowns
6 hermit crabs
4 snails
Zoa frag 3 small polyps
4 small frags of Montipora
1 birds nest frag
1 honey pot Favia frag
1 frag green star polyps
1 small frag of purple cespitularia
filtration upgrades
Lighting/Ai prime 16 Reef
Sicce Syncra silent 1.0 filter pump 251GPH
Hygger mini wave maker 1600GPH
Intank media basket in first filter slot running filter floss, bio-media foam, , bottom is filled with bio-max media rock. Middle slot has the original media-foam I cut down by half under That more bio-media rock.
50 watt heater
sorry the pics don’t do it justice
pH- 8.0/8.2
Ammonia- 0.15ppm
Nitrites- 0ppm
Nitrates- 0ppm
Calcium- 460
dKH-8/alkalinity-143.2
Phosphates 0.25