redline10000
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So I have just started a 24 gallon Current-USA Cardiff tank with a 20" twin T5HO light (10,000k and Actinic) about 3 1/2 weeks ago. So I started out with a 2" sand bed (I using old castle sand), 1lb of rubble rock in the back (instead of filter media I'm using it as a Refugium) and cycled my tank for a week before I added 35lbs of LR, Cheato to the refugium and Tiger-Pods in the refugium. at the end of the second week I started to notice green algae forming on the top rock so I added two Dwarfs red tip hermit crabs and 4 nassiarus snails, then in the middle of week 3 the green algae was growing faster than the hermits could keep up and I started to see a small patch of bubble algae so I added 2 turbo snails, A Emerald Crab and a Lettuce slug.
Now that the coralline algae is growing I’m ready to start adding coral
Now that the coralline algae is growing I’m ready to start adding coral
