t57spikes
Aquarium Advice Freak
Has anyone else had any experience with successfully treating a diatom bloom that just wont go away?
My 35 gallon FW tank was fine at first and then after about a month and a half it started to grow on the glass the gravel and a few of the fake plants I had, basically EVERYWHERE!
I do 15 Gallon water changes which is about 46% every 5 days. And the Tank is completely cycled 0 for ammonia nitrite and about 20 nitrate with a PH of 7.4
I know the diatoms are living off of a silica source, but I cant figure out where the silica is coming from since my other tanks I have are not having this issue so its not the tap water.
Ive seemed to have brought the bloom under control since it doesn't grow on the glass any more but it still turns the rocks brown in less than 5 days and also the plants.
Would a UV filter help treat this Bloom cause I've been fighting it for over a month now and it hasn't burned itself out like I have read that they do.
Also I plan to change the substrate to pool filter sand shortly cause I'm starting to think the gravel is causing the problem or somehow fueling it, and I'm not happy with how dirty it stays under there even with a gravel vacuuming every 5 days.
So, if I change to sand and wipe the tank down completely, clean the inside of the HOB and the heater along with the piece of drift wood I have in the tank, and install a UV would the tank cleaning along with the UV insure that none of the bloom is transferred to the new substrate, cause I'm getting tired of dealing with this issue.
My 35 gallon FW tank was fine at first and then after about a month and a half it started to grow on the glass the gravel and a few of the fake plants I had, basically EVERYWHERE!
I do 15 Gallon water changes which is about 46% every 5 days. And the Tank is completely cycled 0 for ammonia nitrite and about 20 nitrate with a PH of 7.4
I know the diatoms are living off of a silica source, but I cant figure out where the silica is coming from since my other tanks I have are not having this issue so its not the tap water.
Ive seemed to have brought the bloom under control since it doesn't grow on the glass any more but it still turns the rocks brown in less than 5 days and also the plants.
Would a UV filter help treat this Bloom cause I've been fighting it for over a month now and it hasn't burned itself out like I have read that they do.
Also I plan to change the substrate to pool filter sand shortly cause I'm starting to think the gravel is causing the problem or somehow fueling it, and I'm not happy with how dirty it stays under there even with a gravel vacuuming every 5 days.
So, if I change to sand and wipe the tank down completely, clean the inside of the HOB and the heater along with the piece of drift wood I have in the tank, and install a UV would the tank cleaning along with the UV insure that none of the bloom is transferred to the new substrate, cause I'm getting tired of dealing with this issue.