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Discussion in 'Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Region' started by mralanjones, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. Feb 20, 2009 #1
    mralanjones

    mralanjones Inactive User

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    I put dry fiji rock in my tank about 3 weeks ago. bought a live rock from lfs. the dry rock is starting to have brown spots on it. I am assuming it is brown algae. Is this algae you want. i don't want to get taken over by algae.
     
  2. Feb 20, 2009 #2
    REEFer Madness

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    That is diatom algae. It's part of the normal process of cycling your tank. After this brown algae you will start to get green hair algae. Once the green algae starts to take over you can add some inverts to munch down on the aglae while your tank continues to cycle.
     
  3. Feb 20, 2009 #3
    mralanjones

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    that sounds good. the only thing is i have a predator tank. what kinds of inverts can i put if any. If i can't what can i put it there
     
  4. Feb 21, 2009 #4
    REEFer Madness

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    Well, lets just say if the invert is the size of the biggest preditor's mouth or smaller, I wouldn't suggest putting it in your tank.
     
  5. Feb 22, 2009 #5
    calebjk Cedar Rapids IA

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    if it work for you then i'd recommend a long spine black sea urchin, i have a huge one that eats algae like crazy, and is safe from most predators.
     

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