Going With The Flow...

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I have added my CUC over the last 2-3 weeks consisting of two nassarius snails, two small turbos, two hermits, a conch and two cleaner shrimp.

Levels are all good with Nitrates currently at 5 and a water change has been prepared for tomorrow (15L), I did a 25L last weekend.

Basically I was looking to add some clowns this weekend but am concerned about the brown algae I’m constantly battling against.

Flow wise I've had a big ugly 2500lph sun sun and a 1900lph koralia in there for a good few weeks but can't seem to get every part of the tank flowing hence dead spots where brown algae keeps growing.

Although the CUC seem to be happily eating away they're still not doing a massive amount to the sand and the growth is starting to hit the rock pretty badly (see pics further down!). Am I right thinking that another two or three nassarius snails will give it a helping hand?

I'm going to get a phosphate test kit tomorrow along with some removal medium and baggies. In preparation I've replaced the 2500lph with the 600lph juwel powerhead that sits above the filter box and am planning on dropping a carbon and phosphate removal baggy in there tomorrow so hopefully this will make a difference, I'm concerned that the algae will get even worse though due to the reduced flow?

Question is do I need another koralia powerhead and am I going down the right route with the phosphate and carbon media? Should I avoid adding fish until I've got the algaue under control?

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Forgot to add skimming wise I'm running a new hydor slim skim which seems to be doing the business - thats replaced the boyu which has been working pretty well for the last month or two.
 
Hey hey slim skims rock! That brown stuff will shift in a few weeks.
 
+1 to sorgan. Its perfectly normal for a new tank and will go. It wont cause any harm to the fishes!
 
Cool guys thats great news :) Don't know what I'd do without you lot thank you so much for your help :wub:

Would you recomend adding a couple more nassarius snails or do you think I'm good for the moment? Don't want to starve the cool little conch :)

edit - Should have asked if I should leave the media out for the moment?
 
yeh everything is fine as it is at the moment. I wouldnt add more snails yet!
 
I ended up buying a phosphate test kit when I was out and about yesterday..... and two clowns :hyper:

Just run off a phosphate test and it's between 0.1-0.2 which doesn't appear to be too bad.

One thing I have noticed is that there are loads of bubbles starting to form on the brown algae?

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Ah ha, nitrate gas - increase the flow to the area otherwise you will get cyano forming, cyano loves nothing better then chomping on nitrate gas - oxygen will starve it, so deffo increase flow to the area

Seffie x
 
I've got the power heads positioned as follows at the moment, I'm thinking adding another korellia may be necessary now.

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Would you suggest lowering the korellia on the left?
 
Yes, I would suggest lowering that powerhead, is there a powerhead on the otherside, other than the limited flow from the filter box pump?
 
There was until friday, took it out to mix some saltwater up. I've just put it back in so we're lookin more like this now!

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I've ended up turning the sun sun one top front right off, it looked to be creating too much flow. I've lowered the one of the left and cleared most of the bubbles. Freaked out about stressing the fish at the moment :S


edit - had another mess and have reintroduced the sun sun, flow is looking much better and the clows have been messing around in the flow so all is looking good. Will leave it like that for the night and see how everything is in the morning. Going to have to get another koralia to replace the sun sun as they're so much smaller!
 
Congrats on ur new clowns mate!! Very happy for you, they look lovely. Sorry I've not been around for day or 2 and won't be for another couple as I'm now gunna be sorting my tank out!!
 
Congrats on ur new clowns mate!! Very happy for you, they look lovely. Sorry I've not been around for day or 2 and won't be for another couple as I'm now gunna be sorting my tank out!!

No worries, get yours sorted i'm sure it'll be back on track soon :) Thanks for all of the advice the last few weeks! (that goes to everyone!)
 

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