Diatoms & Green Hair Algae
Looks like my tank is starting to go through it's diatoms and green hair algae cycles now. Lots of the rock work is covered in the diatoms and there's even some green hair algae growing on the rocks as well.
I know it's part of the normal cycle process, but I've read where some say you should let it run it's course as it's standard for a new tank, and some say that there could be something wrong with the water chemistry. I did a 15% water change over the weekend, and nitrates are below 5ppm, no ammonia or nitrites. Going to get myself a calcium and phosphates test kit once pay comes in this week (saving for a wedding ain't easy
). Only have 1 turbo snail, 2 clownfish and 2 torch corals in the tank right now and feed a couple pellets each every evening so can't imagine the waste is going to be too high either.
Should I relax and just let the algae courses do what they do, or is there something extra I should be doing to get rid of the algae? I haven't got a skimmer running at the moment, as I've been told that as long as I do 10-15% water changes every week I wouldn't need to worry about one for the time being until my bioload is higher.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I know it's part of the normal cycle process, but I've read where some say you should let it run it's course as it's standard for a new tank, and some say that there could be something wrong with the water chemistry. I did a 15% water change over the weekend, and nitrates are below 5ppm, no ammonia or nitrites. Going to get myself a calcium and phosphates test kit once pay comes in this week (saving for a wedding ain't easy

Should I relax and just let the algae courses do what they do, or is there something extra I should be doing to get rid of the algae? I haven't got a skimmer running at the moment, as I've been told that as long as I do 10-15% water changes every week I wouldn't need to worry about one for the time being until my bioload is higher.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated