As the title suggests, I am almost 6 weeks in 4weeks cycled. Lights have been on for a couple of weeks.
I've had 2 Clowns in for a couple of weeks and I added a Bicolour Blenny 2 days ago. I also have 2 hermit crabs & a small Orange Lipped Conch (I was sceptical about the CUC but my LFS advised they'd be ok if I fed slightly more or dropped the odd algae wafer in to supplement which I have been doing) unfortunately due to this I'm currently having a minor Bacterial Bloom as the water is ever so slighty hazy today but fish seem happy.
Plan is to leave the tank alone for a while now before adding Corals or any more livestock.
My concern is I have zero algae appearing at all which I find weird at this point? Lights are on 35% blues, 10% whites for 8 hours and then a Moonlight period for 3 hours.
Parameters are;
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
dkH 9
Salinity 1.023 ( I am looking to raise this with ATO to 1.024/25)
PH 7.9
Phospates 0
Am I worrying for nothing?
I've had 2 Clowns in for a couple of weeks and I added a Bicolour Blenny 2 days ago. I also have 2 hermit crabs & a small Orange Lipped Conch (I was sceptical about the CUC but my LFS advised they'd be ok if I fed slightly more or dropped the odd algae wafer in to supplement which I have been doing) unfortunately due to this I'm currently having a minor Bacterial Bloom as the water is ever so slighty hazy today but fish seem happy.
Plan is to leave the tank alone for a while now before adding Corals or any more livestock.
My concern is I have zero algae appearing at all which I find weird at this point? Lights are on 35% blues, 10% whites for 8 hours and then a Moonlight period for 3 hours.
Parameters are;
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
dkH 9
Salinity 1.023 ( I am looking to raise this with ATO to 1.024/25)
PH 7.9
Phospates 0
Am I worrying for nothing?