New Tank Ugly Phase, Any Action Necessary?

[FishRFriends!=Food]

Hey all,

I've got a 25 lagoon thats been running for bout 6 weeks now. 2 small clowns, 1 royal gramma, cleaner shrimp, 6 snails 2 hermits.

Can someone diagnose whats all over my glass and substrate? It's not bothering the zoas but my gsp isn't opening at all and my golden glove polyp isnt too happy either.

Have 2 media baskets, filter floss and media, turned skimmer on 5 days ago. 2 ai primes @80% max.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lavey29]

All tanks get film algae on glass so a magnetic scraper should be used weekly. Typically the first tank algae is diatoms on the sand which will go away on its own in a few weeks.

 

[The_Paradox]

lol. That’s gonna get so much worse. Ugly phase is always fun. I would adjust alk and cal before adding coral but looks like a solid start.

 

[Red_Beard]

Nope, clean the glass with a scraper and let it ride.

 

[FishRFriends!=Food]

Thanks everyone, wasnt sure if I should leave the glass alone or scrape it off, looks like its time to clean it!

 

[Red_Beard]

Keeping your glass clean, other than being helpful in clearly seeing what is going on in the tank and making it more inviting to have in the house, can also prevent some serious algae problems. Don't ask how i know.... Like most times, if you are going to get stuff growing, it will show up on neglected glass first before taking hold on rock/sand. Keeping it clean can prevent some serious downstream issues.

 

[FishRFriends!=Food]

Keeping your glass clean, other than being helpful in clearly seeing what is going on in the tank and making it more inviting to have in the house, can also prevent some serious algae problems. Don't ask how i know.... Like most times, if you are going to get stuff growing, it will show up on neglected glass first before taking hold on rock/sand. Keeping it clean can prevent some serious downstream issues.

Makes sense, I'll keep that in mind moving forward. Should the glass be cleaned in stages rather than all at once? I brewed up quite the storm just now doing it all at the same time.

 

[Lavey29]

Makes sense, I'll keep that in mind moving forward. Should the glass be cleaned in stages rather than all at once? I brewed up quite the storm just now doing it all at the same time.

It's ok lots of things in the tank like the plankton cloud.