is this diatoms or something else? pics inside... - Aquarium Advice

mikebranson · 01-13-2005, 03:51 PM

my tank has been running for about 4 months and i have had fish in here about 2 months - i have cleaned it off several times and lightly vaccumed the crushed coral which is normally white and this brown stuff covers my rock and glass...?

grimlock3000 · 01-13-2005, 03:55 PM

Hi, what do you have to a tank setup and equpiment? Are you using [acronym:e4263719ba="Reverse osmosis"]RO[/acronym:e4263719ba]/[acronym:e4263719ba="Deionization"]DI[/acronym:e4263719ba] water? That can happen as the result of excess nutrients, and immature tank, lack of clean up crew, not enough water changes...

RMPD109 · 01-13-2005, 04:34 PM

Looks like diatoms to me. Mainly caused by silicates I think. A good cleanup crew will take care of it or you can let it burn itself out. I got two turbo snails and they took care of the glass in a hurry and hermits work on the sand. [acronym:7cc3a6bac4="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:7cc3a6bac4]

mikebranson · 01-13-2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by grimlock3000

Hi, what do you have to a tank setup and equpiment? Are you using [acronym:7f01403aa4="Reverse osmosis"]RO[/acronym:7f01403aa4]/[acronym:7f01403aa4="Deionization"]DI[/acronym:7f01403aa4] water? That can happen as the result of excess nutrients, and immature tank, lack of clean up crew, not enough water changes...

i have a 100 gallon tank with cannister and undergravel filter along with the 2 powerheads. I have not used [acronym:7f01403aa4="Reverse osmosis"]RO[/acronym:7f01403aa4]/[acronym:7f01403aa4="Deionization"]DI[/acronym:7f01403aa4] water and maybe that is the problem.

What should i use as a good clean up crew for this algea? Currently i have no clean ups what so ever.

Thanks

01-13-2005, 03:55 PM	#2
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01-13-2005, 04:34 PM	#3
RMPD109 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Rocky Mount VA Posts: 923	Looks like diatoms to me. Mainly caused by silicates I think. A good cleanup crew will take care of it or you can let it burn itself out. I got two turbo snails and they took care of the glass in a hurry and hermits work on the sand. [acronym:7cc3a6bac4="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:7cc3a6bac4] __________________ Vote for AquariumAdvice 28gal bowfront 40lbs livesand(bag from [acronym="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym]), 30lbs live rock([acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym].com) 2 O. Clowns 1 peppermint shrimp, 5 red leg hermit crabs, 4 mexican turbo snails, 15 nassarius snails ricordea mushroom, candy cane coral, super color polyps, hairy mushrooms bubble coral, hawiian feather duster coralife lunar 2x65, HOT magnum canister 10 Gal refugium(chaeto) & seaclone skimmer

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