t57spikes
Aquarium Advice Freak
My current diatom problem drove me to the brink tonight so I got the wise idea to take the entire 35 gallon tank apart and clean it like I was a mad man. I removed my gravel substrate, my driftwood, my 2 artificial plants, filter, and heater. The big wood seemed to be harboring the little suckers and they kept coming back and we're just awful looking, and the gravel just never seemed to come clean. Well long story short it's all back together (My filter is still cycled, I only rinsed it in tank water) and I'm running it as a bare bottom for a few weeks with my 10 danios in it to see if the problem will re occur or if the nasty gravel and wood were the issues. So was this a bad idea or a good one, or will I regret this cause I just started the entire new tank diatom bloom over again...
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