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G LOWS

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Can you get diatoms after doing water changes? I do weekly %25 water changes and I have some diatoms starting to appear on my sand, nothing crazy. I am just curious


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Diatoms appear from silicates in the water. This is very common in newly set up tanks and it will go away through water changes and time. Just have patience.


Caleb
 
I have had my tank set up for about a year now


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Actually now that I think about it, I was waiting on new filters for my ro/di so I went and bought ro/di water from a machine instead of brewing my own so that might have had something to do with it


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