Id plz

[stewy14]

 

[Justfebreezeit]

What are we trying to ID

 

[stewy14]

What are we trying to ID

The brown stuff sorry

 

[stewy14]

Bump

 

[stewy14]

bump

 

[adamg77]

Appears to be diatoms if you’re talking about the sandbed

 

[stewy14]

Appears to be diatoms if you’re talking about the sandbed

ohhhhh
ok, my tanks 7months old, what to do?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

What are your parameters?

 

[stewy14]

What are your parameters?

ummm, idk, im at school, but did a 50% wc the other day(had to clean sand) that was on wednesday, all corals are fine tho, including tenuis, but diatoms appeared that night

 

[steveschuerger]

When you get home test the params. And that tank doesn’t look “fine” . Corals are surviving, not thriving from what I can see. By stirring up the sand you probably exposed sand that hadn’t finished releasing silicates, hence the diatoms. Just hope it isn’t a variety of dinos.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Also how are you cleaning your sandbed in your tank?

 

[stewy14]

Also how are you cleaning your sandbed in your tank?

vacuuming

 

[stewy14]

When you get home test the params. And that tank doesn’t look “fine” . Corals are surviving, not thriving from what I can see. By stirring up the sand you probably exposed sand that hadn’t finished releasing silicates, hence the diatoms. Just hope it isn’t a variety of dinos.

ok, ill do that, but that was also taken at 10pm... when I turn flow off, and when the lights shut off and everything closes up for the night, during the. day they fully open and do thrive

 

[stewy14]

dang, first time I tested in months...
nitrates are at 2-10ppm(2-5 if u really squint, but 2-10 to be safe)
alk is at 8.4
calc is at 465 ppm
mag is at 1320 ppm
ammonia:0
phospates:0.2-0.3(this is api, may or may not be buying a Hannah during Black Friday)
so...
yeah

 

[stewy14]

bump

 

[steveschuerger]

ok, ill do that, but that was also taken at 10pm... when I turn flow off, and when the lights shut off and everything closes up for the night, during the. day they fully open and do thrive

Never turn the flow off. Does the sea go to bed for the night?

 

[stewy14]

Never turn the flow off. Does the sea go to bed for the night?

ok
is that the cause of these diatoms?
what could I also do to help fix?

 

[steveschuerger]

ok
is that the cause of these diatoms?
what could I also do to help fix?

If it’s just diatoms they’ll eventually go away on their own as they consume to silicates.

 

[adamg77]

Are there copepods?

 

[stewy14]

ye

Are there copepods?

p