Chopperman Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 My tank has been cycling with no livestock and around 40 lbs of LR for about a month now. I noticed a brownish algae starting to accumulate on my LR the other day and today saw it spread to the glass and sand, so I started researching it. It sounds like it is most likely Diatoms, I used tap water to fill the tank a month ago then Primed it and aged water treated with Prime for top ups. I am going to pick up a silicate test to test my supply water. I also did a 75% change on the tank today after I vacuumed the gravel and cleaned some of the glass to hopefully suck out some of the algae so a minimal amount of silicates are dispersed from the dead or leftover algae. Im just curious if anyone has any suggestions if Im addressing this nuissance the right way, or if theres any suggestions before this stuff suffocates my tank before I even stock it. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Kill the lights for a day or two. That should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Diatoms aren't really one of those nuisance algaes that are impossible to get rid of - it just goes away after a bit. Usually no more than a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopperman Posted December 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Ya, I think I will keep the lights off for a week or so, they didnt show up until I picked up a new fixture for the tank. I guess I'll continue scrubbing and water changes in a couple days. Apparently SW is pretty finicky to start, but I cant wait until I can stock the tank. Thanks for the reply Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murminator Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 I going through the same after re-setting up my tank http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/algaecontrol/a/aa091100.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Diatoms often apear in a tank that has not fully cycled / new tank syndrom ... It will go away soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murminator Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Diatoms often apear in a tank that has not fully cycled / new tank syndrom ... It will go away soon Yup went for xmas came back to a nice clear tank green algae started to pop up dumped all my fish in all is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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