badger126
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So I've been a freshwater guy for a long time and I recently inherited a bunch of saltwater equipment - live rock, lights, skimmer, filter, fish, even the water!
So I took everything and threw it in my 29 gallon tank. The live rock came with a complete covering of green hair algae, which I partially scrubbed and for the rest I have inundated with a plethora of snail of various species and a tuxedo urchin. I've had it for bit more than a week and the algae is mostly gone, my water tests read 0 ammonias, 0 nitrites, 40 nitrates.
I believe that the water that I got from the original tank was high in nitrates originally because the owner had stopped taking care of it. I'm sure that the dying/digested algae is also a contributor. I did one 25% water change a couple of days after I got everything set up so that I could remove some of the algae/nitrates. I know that you aren't supposed to do as many water changes on salt water tanks, but am I ok doing another change in order to reduce the nitrate levels until I get a 'fuge set up?
So I took everything and threw it in my 29 gallon tank. The live rock came with a complete covering of green hair algae, which I partially scrubbed and for the rest I have inundated with a plethora of snail of various species and a tuxedo urchin. I've had it for bit more than a week and the algae is mostly gone, my water tests read 0 ammonias, 0 nitrites, 40 nitrates.
I believe that the water that I got from the original tank was high in nitrates originally because the owner had stopped taking care of it. I'm sure that the dying/digested algae is also a contributor. I did one 25% water change a couple of days after I got everything set up so that I could remove some of the algae/nitrates. I know that you aren't supposed to do as many water changes on salt water tanks, but am I ok doing another change in order to reduce the nitrate levels until I get a 'fuge set up?