Hello! I've had my nano tank for a little more than a month now, and have a few questions. a few weeks back, I had a huge problem with red/brown thick algae growing on the rock and sand. it's mostly stopped growing there, but is now covering the glass. what's the normal timeline for a new tank to get past the ugly phase? I run purigen and Poly filter, and do a 25% water change with reef crystals every week. I used live sand and have rock from an established tank. All I have as far as stocking is a snail and some bristle worms. I run a Hipagero 2 for eight hours. Do I need to let it do it's thing, or should I be more proactive?
also, how normal is it for GSP to lose its color? I have two big rocks of it and there are patches of completely brown, fully green, and mostly brown with green tips. when I got the coral from a local hobbyist, it looked like a neon green carpet. A rainbow bubble tip I got from the same dude is seemingly doing fine, so I don't think something's that off?
Thanks for your input, reef tanks are weird, and cool, and amazing!
also, how normal is it for GSP to lose its color? I have two big rocks of it and there are patches of completely brown, fully green, and mostly brown with green tips. when I got the coral from a local hobbyist, it looked like a neon green carpet. A rainbow bubble tip I got from the same dude is seemingly doing fine, so I don't think something's that off?
Thanks for your input, reef tanks are weird, and cool, and amazing!