Planning on a new coral today.

Discussion in 'Coral' started by Mkizla, Sep 20, 2009.

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  1. roamaver

    roamaver Plankton

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    What's CuC? lol Sorry im tryin to learn as I read this stuff.
     
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  4. defdad

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    You may want to slow down on stocking for a while on such a young tank. I started a tank about 4 months ago and after a 2-3 week cycle everything was testing good and looking great so I started with some fish and then got some coral frags and a few weeks later I started getting hair algae followed shortly by cyano. It was just a few small patches here and there so I boosted my cuc. Before long I had algae/cyano everywhere and started loosing corals. I am still working on getting rid of the stuff and have lost all corals except about half of one. Every tank is different and I hope you don't have to go through this but it could happen in the near future. I now wish I had been more patient.