New tank with algae and coral problems

[Misch09]

I recently purchased a 24 gallon Nano cube Deluxe. I am cycled the tank for about 6 weeks before putting about 6 astrea, 4 nasarius, and 4 hermit crabs. I started out with a lot of brownish purple algae, which I thought was a good sign, showing that the tank was beginning to form a bio-load. Shortly after I purchased a frog spawn, a yellow clown goby, a 6 line wrasse, a skunk cleaner shrimp, and a candy cane coral. Everyday I have a thin film of Bright green algae on the glass, and covering most of the rock and the top layer of sand. I have already done 2 water changes, and my PH, Alkalinity, Nitrates, and Nitrites, are all at ideal levels, and I kept he temp around 76-80f. I keep the salinity at about 1.020. My Goby seemed to have the ich for a while, with white dots and bumps. Then it took him about a week and a half to recover, since he looked much better and had no more bumps, then he died. While he was infected I noticed him taking large bites off the frogspawn and tearing it apart and spitting it out. It seemed very peculiar and I had never heard of a Goby eating coral. The frog spawn was donated from my brothers tank that was in amazing condition, and the spawn would reach 4 to 5 inches in length at peak lighting hour. Now the two of the spawn heads are destroyed from the goby/algae, while one remains whole, but not very healthy looking. The current status of the tank is, lots of brownish green hair algae, covering the spawn, a cleaner, a 6 line wrasse, and all of the critters I named earlier. Now that you now the background info, I have the following questions:
1) Do the parameters/members of my tank seem right or ideal?
2) Is the stock lighting in the 24G nano enough for coral?
3) Would adding the quick cycle products help stop my algae problem?
4) Will the severely damaged frogspawn regrow its eating parts if there is still a little left on them?
5) How long will it be before the algae disappears?

 

[Misch09]

thanks for all your help guys......

 

[johnanddawn]

1) params salinity too low get it up to 1.024
2) lighting barely enough for healthy growing LPS
3) no most of those products are snake oil
4) yes if conditions are right
5) too many variables to tell
advice
1) do a bunch of small water changes everyday for a week slowly getting the salinity up to where it belongs
2) research fish choices wisely before purchase the term gobie ancompasses a huge number of fish and some may be nippers
3) patience - most early stage algae problems are caused by going to fast, feeding too much, poor water quality due to not properly curing live rock ect.
4) add nothing else till the tank stabilizes

 

[reefman23]

thanks for all your help guys......

I apoligize if it seems your post was being ignored... sometimes it does take a day or two on a smaller site like this.

Other than that, I think JOhn covered it pretty well.

Jesse

 

[skinson]

Being a learner myself I can't comment to deeply. But, when I set my tank up recently I added livestock to it on a 10 daily basis one thing at a time, this gives the tank time to adjust to the new biol oad.. IMHO that is.
Dave

 

[davenia7]

well, if the algae is brown, it's diatomic. it feeds off silicates in the water from sand and class. once it's done with that, usually 2-6 weeks... as long as water params are checked and WC's done weekly, it will literally flake off and go away.