Recent content by desertreefer

Chris, Thank you. I would like to help those that can use it. I know this is an expensive hobby and we don't need to learn the hard way if we can avoid it.

If I were you, I would add at least add one damsel to provide the ammonia to start your nitrifying bacteria population unless you already have a healthy source from you live rock if you did not purchase cured live rock. Any dead stuff left on your live rock will provide enough ammonia load to...

Cycling new Tanks fishman, From your inquiry, you did not say if this is a new tank setup. Typically, algal blooms are a normal part of cycling a new tank. Microalgae feeds on the nitrates produced on a newly established tank. As the level of your nitrates diminish so will the occurence of...