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safe to add corals?


Spiderguardnano

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so my tank has been cycling for about 2-3 weeks now and there is a diatom bloom i was wondering if it is safe to add my corals to my main tank now?

 

 

i used dr time for the cycle

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Probably...did you test for ammonia/nitrites yet?

 

I usually like to demonstrate lack of these two tank metabolites and put in a small CUC and see how they do first. I don't think putting in a small, hearty, cheap frag of a softy/LPS to test the waters would be a problem though.

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If your water tests are all good (0 Amm, 0 Trites, 0-10 Trates) add a couple of tough softies.

 

I waited on the diatoms vanishing before adding a CUC, last thing I'd want is my OTT CUC starving out.

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I waited until my diatoms had cleared and all my parameters were where they should be then I started by adding a couple of frags at a time in case I was wrong. I add another frag every couple of weeks, orange Ricordia this week, but still have lots of real estate at the top for when the tank matures.

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If you're ammo is 0, go for it. CuC first though, generally, to finish eating diatomes and get some waste going in there.

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I added mushrooms at 20ppm Trates, they're doing fine.

 

Do a couple of larger-than-average w/c's to try and push off those Trates.

 

Once they get around 5-10 you can throw in some LPS.

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