Diatoms in a cold water aquarium. What to do?

[Chapin]

Hi ppl,
I have 2 10 gallons aquariums, one with 4 3" golsfish, 2 snails and a pleko. Im facing a diatom problem, i think it s from the light, i use to have the same problem with my other aquarium(plattys, guppys and an ottocinclus) and i bought an ottocinclu and the problem was solved.
For my cold water aquarium, i bought a pleko but the problem isn t solved, is there a special fish i could buy? Do ottocinclus live in cold water? Please help me out

 

[jsoong]

You really don't have room for any more fish .... Four 3" golds is too much for the 10, never mind the Plec & snails.

What are your parameters? I would think that you would be needing large & frequent water changes to keep things under control. If you have diatoms, they should be easy to vacuum up. So just vacuum them up with your pwc's. <Diatoms are mostly found in new tanks, should go away after a while.>

In the long term, you would need a bigger setup for your critters.