Hello Ray. Sorry to hear about your troubles. If I'm understanding your previous posts, you initially only set up your tank a few weeks ago? Did you allow your system to fully "Complete" it's initial cycle before adding inhabitants that will increase the bio load before it had a chance to stabalize and develop? Just curious. For you to be showing a
nitrite reading leads me to believe that you just might have something decomposing in there that needs to be removed, which also could contribute to the extra nutrients which might be feeding some of the algaes. Just looking at the span of 1 week
nitrate readings leads me to believe that you have done some tank maintenance and a water change in between readings, which is very good. Wisely monitoring your feeding is good also. Always try to remove any uneaten food. There may be a possibilty that you are having a mini cycle as the tank is trying to mature and adjust to it's inhabitants. Be faithful with your water changes as water quality is top priority, especially with invertibrates. May I suggest that you manually try to remove as much of the algea/cyno as you can along and along. Also if you can direct good water circulation and flow towards those areas with the greatest nuisance growth. Keeping particles suspended into the water column so that the
skimmer can remove them. Also, if you can change some of your water flow, perhaps if there is something decomposing, that you have yet been able to locate, it will become dislodged where you might be able to see it. I would not add anything else to my tank at this time, as to do so will only increase the current difficulties that you are experiencing. Water changes and tank readings are very important at this time. You will be able to know exactly what is taking place in there and hopefully have nothing jump out and surprise you right now.
