Jump to content

Diatom Bloom ?


cage
 Share

Recommended Posts

Found strange brown spots on the tank's glass. Now on its 3rd week of cycling. Nitrite levels have lowered to a very safe zone, while nitrates are pretty high.

Are these brown *a bit hairy* spots, diatom algae as suspected ? Is this the result of high nitrates or the phosphates and silicates in the water or it just feels like popping up in a new aquarium to irritate newbies from continuing this hobby ? Any remedies to these brown crap are appreciated. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • SRC Member

It comes and goes, not to worry abbt it,try to increase the water flowin the main tank to wash them off

2ft cube with 2.5 sump

400w MH with 6 x 24w blue T5

Hydor wavemaker controller

Aquatronica controller

Daikin compressor with double coil

RM CR

H&S out sump skimmer

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • SRC Member

We R experiencing same situation & have just put in 2 turbo snails yesterday. They R doing their job cleaning up the brown "scum" :) . Dun think they can get into the crevices tho ... well it beats looking at brown-wall-glass. R diatoms & algae the same thing? Might need 2 research more on how 2 decrease the incidence tho ... mayB cut down feeding thus also decreasing bio-load I guess. I think there R other ways that we can help too but haven't had the practical-experience yet, just theory lah.

Do it 2 believe it!

Hope U get yr "browns" in check soon. Cheers!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share



×
×
  • Create New...