clownhunter
04/21/2014, 01:31 PM
Hello all.
Im having some trouble I.D this algae or could it be diatoms.
Tank has been up running for 1.5years now.
I cured my rock for 3months in a brute can and when first started to cycle the tank I didnt really have a huge diatom bloom. Now fast forward over a year - for the last month I have been getting this brown/gold stuff all over sandbed and rock and glass... I can blow it off the sandbed but it just comes right back. Lights go out it disappears but just comes back in morning. I have done 3 days lights out. Algae/diatoms just came back a week later. I do 5hrs of daylight and then 4hrs of actinics. No air bubbles and it does NOT appear to be snotty but I could just not be letting it grow to long to be Dinos? ALSO in the back corner I did notice brown sand with like maroon/purple hair growing as well... IDK
72 gallon tank fowlr (for now)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10-20
Phosphate - 0.25
Sal 1.024
Ph - 8
20% water changes every 2 weeks - Distilled water 0TDS
But just today I got an RODI unit so will see if that helps any??
Also just order phosban and some GFO maybe that will help?
Also running 4bags of chemipure elite in the sump..
Im having some trouble I.D this algae or could it be diatoms.
Tank has been up running for 1.5years now.
I cured my rock for 3months in a brute can and when first started to cycle the tank I didnt really have a huge diatom bloom. Now fast forward over a year - for the last month I have been getting this brown/gold stuff all over sandbed and rock and glass... I can blow it off the sandbed but it just comes right back. Lights go out it disappears but just comes back in morning. I have done 3 days lights out. Algae/diatoms just came back a week later. I do 5hrs of daylight and then 4hrs of actinics. No air bubbles and it does NOT appear to be snotty but I could just not be letting it grow to long to be Dinos? ALSO in the back corner I did notice brown sand with like maroon/purple hair growing as well... IDK
72 gallon tank fowlr (for now)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10-20
Phosphate - 0.25
Sal 1.024
Ph - 8
20% water changes every 2 weeks - Distilled water 0TDS
But just today I got an RODI unit so will see if that helps any??
Also just order phosban and some GFO maybe that will help?
Also running 4bags of chemipure elite in the sump..