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stingeragent · 10/09/2015, 06:59 PM

You can do a 3 day blackout with coral, just leave tank lights off. What kind of rock /sand did you start the tank with? If it was live, was it live in a bag, live from a tank running at your LFS, live shipped rock, etc. Sand and rock depending on various factors can leech po4, silicates for a year or longer. I know i've looked at a few threads on here in the last few weeks were people were having diatom blooms 14 months after there tank was setup. There really isn't an easy fix. As long as your not contributing to the problem by using tap water, over feeding, forgetting w/c's etc, it will eventually go away.

Edit: Also what lighting are you using? I had some par 38 chinese LED lights on my 55, and whatever spektrum it was, the diatoms loved it. Stopped using those lights and had no problems afterwards.

10/09/2015, 06:59 PM	#20
stingeragent Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,032	You can do a 3 day blackout with coral, just leave tank lights off. What kind of rock /sand did you start the tank with? If it was live, was it live in a bag, live from a tank running at your LFS, live shipped rock, etc. Sand and rock depending on various factors can leech po4, silicates for a year or longer. I know i've looked at a few threads on here in the last few weeks were people were having diatom blooms 14 months after there tank was setup. There really isn't an easy fix. As long as your not contributing to the problem by using tap water, over feeding, forgetting w/c's etc, it will eventually go away. Edit: Also what lighting are you using? I had some par 38 chinese LED lights on my 55, and whatever spektrum it was, the diatoms loved it. Stopped using those lights and had no problems afterwards. Last edited by stingeragent; 10/09/2015 at 07:07 PM.