New Member, new interest, just saying hi and what i got

[Kgrizzle]

So it's been two weeks now ... I have experienced a diatom bloom( still existing) and now am starting to get hair algae( long green stringy algae).

My coral is doing just fine. My chalice is now starting to get I very nice hue if red all over( believe these are polyps).

I have discovered I have 2 crabs in my live rock living( haven't had money to get uncooked shrimp yet to see why kind they are) and have a coral banded shrimp I purchased to help control the fireworm population. Not sure if it's possible or what they look like but I think my cerith snail laid eggs cAuse there was what lookes like air bubbles stuck in a thin web but over night alot have gone away so I'm not sure.

When can I get a cleaner crew for my tank? I know I'm cycling right now. But how do u control the algae?

[Coralgurl]

I think you should be ok to add your CUC!

We had quite a bit of hair algae after our initial cycle. CUC couldn't keep up, so we did a couple of black outs, left the lights off for 3-4 days at a time. We didn't have corals at the time, just fish, but it did the job. Whatever was left was then manageable for the cleaners!