Tons of brown algae (?) with bubbles...

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  1. amaurer

    amaurer Plankton

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    Ok, I've had the lights off since the middle of the week and its stopped spreading or bubbling.

    What exactly am I waiting for now? The lumps of shrimp I threw in have turned to gel, they're definitely rotting, but the tank is testing 0 NH3/NO2/NO3.

    There was a tiiiiny ammonia spike early last week. I didn't see any NO2 spike. Early this week there was a tiiiiiny NO3 spike. Now its back to zero.

    Unsure of what to do, or what I'm waiting for.
     
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  3. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    If you used fully cured live rock it's possible that that it is for your cycle. I'm kind of skeptical when this happens to me though and usually wait another week for two for my first fish.