Osage_Winter
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but you don't KNOW that your tap water is the problem. i would absolutely try keeping up with weekly PWC's and testing your water (weekly PWC's should be performed no matter what anyway, IMO) to see if you can't control the nitrates and starve the algae.
I suppose fair and true enough.
have you contacted your water supplier? they might be able to tell you what the silica content in the water is.
No, I haven't -- if these get any worse than they are now, I think I am going to do that.
also, have you tried changing foods? apparently a lot of fish food has added silicates. another thing worth trying.
Another factor that has been considered many times -- indeed, I am still feeding them the Tetra Goldfish Flakes on a general basis, but didn't think that a brand this well established would produce foods this rich in silicates and other contaminants. Perhaps I will try switching over to Hikari flakes if I can find them, but oddly enough, the Aqueon Goldfish Flakes I was feeding previously didn't seem to reduce the growth of the diatoms at all.
Thanks for your continuing assistance.