nitrites

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by digitalsteve

perhaps thats why i have an algae bllom in the past 2 day s

I was just poking around some older posts. Am I correct in assuming your tank has been set up for around 1 month?? If so, did it fully cycle before you started adding your livestock? The thing is tanks need time to mature and algae blooms are a growing pain they must all go through with very few exceptions. Normally you would see the diatoms bloom followed by cyno and then the dreaded hair algae, but this is normal and keeping your water as clean as possible will normally shorten the duration of your unwanted guests. You will find various opinions on how to deal with these initial blooms. My thoughts are just keep them off the coral and rocks but let them run their course. That's just my opinion.

Now the key thing I think you should figure out is if you had a full cycle on the tank yet. Mixing stuff up (substrate) adding livestock too fast or too many intitial water changes during the cycle will slow the process down and could cause smaller (re)cycles to follow.

The fact that you have high nitrates now, indicate you may be only part way through your initial cycle or are having a (re)cycle. But as you have a stocked tank, water changes are the course I would suggest, but it may take some time for your water perameters to settle down.

If I was wrong and your tank is older, well most of this is then CRAP.
Also others may post opinions too here, don't take my word for gospel, I have far less experience than some of our members here.