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      New to this site and new saltwater enthusiast!

      Hey what's up everyone? My name is Michael and I'm a freshwater convert that's new to the whole saltwater game and I'm here to learn everything that I can so that I can have a successful and vibrant reef tank. My tank has been set up for about 3 months and it's a lot of trial and error learning at this point but it's fun. I tend to get scolded by my best friend whose a more experienced saltwater enthusiast for my lack of patience and desire to expedite the process and by nature that's difficult to cut off but I'm working on it!

      I have a small 29g Starter tank that has 2 Lion Fish, 2 Damsels, a Mandarin Goby, and a Emerald crab in it. I have a few pieces of coral that was given to me by a fellow member that's slightly pinkish now so I'll have to research my water parameters so make sure that everything is on the level (any assistance would be welcomed). Also I have some green polyps, a zalia, and some other type of mushroom. As for lighting I ungraded from a T5 to a 120w LED Blue/White light yesterday courtesy of another member. Well I guess that's all for now, and like I mentioned previously any assistance with water parameters, lighting tips, and overall help would be surely welcomed. Thanks!










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      Looking good bud... welcome to the boards.. any questions feel free to ask... plenty of good peeps on SDR...
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      This is exactly where I started so many years ago. Five I Think!

      Good luck with everything!

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      Patience is critical. And welcome to SDReefs!
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      welcome to sd reefs
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      Welcome to SDR! Very nice start

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      Thanks everyone! I'm here to learn and hopefully my tank is as good as some of your tanks one day.

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      Awesome looking 29 so far there Mike!..Looked bigger to me..welcome to the boards!..Plenty of information and help here!!..You'll probably be on google alot more now a days?..lol

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      I got the canopy setup from N2Reefs. Lol yeah Ed I am learning as much as I can. I do have a question though for everyone, I have this thick reddish brown algae that had started going crazy in my tank. Any suggestions? Products? Here were my levels the last time I checked them.
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      Welcome to the boards Mike!

      Sounds like you may have a cyano outbreak. This could be caused by a few things like high nitrates or phosphates or low flow.

      What power head are you using? Is the algae growing in an area that has low flow?
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      Thanks Dave! My powerhead is pretty good. I got it from my best friend but I'd say that its in the 200+ gph range. My rocks are separated and you can see the flow of water between them pretty good. I'd have to say that my nitrites and phosphates are probably high. I got a sea hare to help take care of the algae but I think it's in over it's head with this much algae. It has grown crazy over the last like 2 weeks. The algae is growing EVERYWHERE!

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      New to this site and new saltwater enthusiast!

      Welcome to san diego reefs! is it Diatoms(brown algae) or green algae?

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      Diatoms

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      New to this site and new saltwater enthusiast!

      You can either let it run its course or run phosphate remover.

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