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The cycle will probably take you roughly 6-8 weeks, depending on the amount of dead stuff in the dry rock and the amount of dead life on the live rock that didn't survive shipping and handling by the time it gets back into saltwater. If the rock is really clean, it might be less than six weeks.
You are experiencing the first of many algae blooms that happen in a new tank. Make sure your ammonia and nitrites are at 0 before adding any more snails. The diatoms will go away, then you'll likely end up with some kind of green hairy algae.y tank has been set up for 2 and a half weeks. I have a 30 gal and 20 lbs of live rock. (hopefully getting more soon) Yesterday I noticed one piece of my live rock was getting covered in this brown stuff. Went and got some snails to try and control the problem and now it is getting worse.