Travis55
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Hey all. This is starting to grow on my sand.... what is it? Is it caused by too little circulation?
Sand coverage?
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Pic might help...
warvillian
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I believe it to be a diatom bloom. How old is your tank?
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warvillian said:
About a month
AquaRick
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Yup looks like diatoms. It's caused by excess silicates in your tank. However, if it's on your sand and not just your rock, it's due to circulation issues on your sand. It will go away on it's own as the silicates in your tank are consumed. They usually show up in a new tank and/or a new light set up etc.
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Travis55
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AquaRick said:
Ah ha! Ive been messing around with lights!!! Im waiting for new bulbs to arrive so i threw on some regular fw Aquarium lights for brightness. I only have on powerhead rated for 850 gph. I know i need another.
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How big is your tank? Yeah i've had my tank setup for a few months without any lights (just ambient light from the windows in the room etc) and never had any outbreaks. Finally finished my canopy and strung up the 8bulb t5s and got diatoms for about 3 days on all my rock.
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AquaRick said:
Tank is a 55gal. Houses 3 clowns a starfish and a peppermint shrimp. The tank is in my basement. No light. Lol so i am waiting for my new pc bulbs to show up...
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Ah yeah, then you'll probably need one more circulation pump
don_chuwish
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We have the same with a newish, still cycling 36G BF tank. The brown sure is ugly. Just added one PH (Koralia 425) last night so we'll see if that and cycling progress will help.
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