Steveg229
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Hello everyone! I am new to this forum and saltwater. I have been doing a lot of reading on this forum and everyone is very helpful.
I purchased a used 100 gallon saltwater setup about 3 weeks ago. The setup is in excellent condition and was up and running as a predator tank. I have setup as a soon to be reef tank...All predator fish were given to LFS to sell for me. I kept a falco hawkfish and a coral beauty.
I purchased an RO/DI system before setup. Here is the rest of the equipment.
-2 month old T5 HO light
-Pro clear wet/dry trickle filter with protein skimmer- I have removed all bio balls and used live rock/rubble rock
-2 koralia powerheads
-18w Coralife UV sterilizer
After initial cleaning and setup all is great and 2 fish are excellent. Since setup, tank parameters have been: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 and Nitrate about 3 ppm. Salinity 1.025 Temp- 78-79.
Clean up crew 50 crabs 50 snails
Shortly after setup, cyano has been an issue. Its on about 30-40% of live rock I am assuming this is from moving the tank?? I just did a 20 gallon water change to try and get nitrates down and removed all of the cyano before hand.
I clean the prefilter on sump every 5-7 days or more. The only other thing I question is the protein skimmer return foam block (to prevent micro bubbles) I have cleaned several times, but is it really coming clean? I see this as a nutrient factory.... Any other options for this?
I am trying to locate the source of nitrates feeding the cyano...??? Or is it just because of new tank setup?
Any pointers/suggestions would be appreciated...Thanks. :D
I purchased a used 100 gallon saltwater setup about 3 weeks ago. The setup is in excellent condition and was up and running as a predator tank. I have setup as a soon to be reef tank...All predator fish were given to LFS to sell for me. I kept a falco hawkfish and a coral beauty.
I purchased an RO/DI system before setup. Here is the rest of the equipment.
-2 month old T5 HO light
-Pro clear wet/dry trickle filter with protein skimmer- I have removed all bio balls and used live rock/rubble rock
-2 koralia powerheads
-18w Coralife UV sterilizer
After initial cleaning and setup all is great and 2 fish are excellent. Since setup, tank parameters have been: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 and Nitrate about 3 ppm. Salinity 1.025 Temp- 78-79.
Clean up crew 50 crabs 50 snails
Shortly after setup, cyano has been an issue. Its on about 30-40% of live rock I am assuming this is from moving the tank?? I just did a 20 gallon water change to try and get nitrates down and removed all of the cyano before hand.
I clean the prefilter on sump every 5-7 days or more. The only other thing I question is the protein skimmer return foam block (to prevent micro bubbles) I have cleaned several times, but is it really coming clean? I see this as a nutrient factory.... Any other options for this?
I am trying to locate the source of nitrates feeding the cyano...??? Or is it just because of new tank setup?
Any pointers/suggestions would be appreciated...Thanks. :D