goodeyesniper
Aquarium Advice Activist
I've been having a diatom problem for weeks now. I've been trying to rub it off of my silk plants when I do PWC but I either can't get it to come off or it just grows back.
It's now growing all over my other aquarium decorations and starting to grow in my gravel and on my aquarium glass. I'm going to pick up a scrubber today.
I was thinking of taking each plant out one by one, drying it, and then scrubbing the diatoms off, but would that help at all? wouldn't the diatoms just grow back when I put it back in the tank?
I know that diatoms affect "new" tanks, but how long is a tank new exactly?
I'd add a small algae eater but my tank is at max capacity.
It's now growing all over my other aquarium decorations and starting to grow in my gravel and on my aquarium glass. I'm going to pick up a scrubber today.
I was thinking of taking each plant out one by one, drying it, and then scrubbing the diatoms off, but would that help at all? wouldn't the diatoms just grow back when I put it back in the tank?
I know that diatoms affect "new" tanks, but how long is a tank new exactly?
I'd add a small algae eater but my tank is at max capacity.