Hey all!
I'm biome cycling my new BB tank and my rock is turning brownish with what I assume is diatoms? I'm waiting for my last fish to finish quarantine and then I'm going to turn on the lights slowly increasing the intensity but my questions are: is this diatoms? Is this normal for a 'blackout'? Is sunlight reflecting into the tank causing a bloom/maybe making its way from the sump?
-Week 10
-Lights off
-Cardboard blocking the L/R sides (with small square holes for the MP10 pumps). L/R facing windows ~10FT away, Front facing a wall
-Chaeto Refugium running in bottom sump
-Seeded with Aquabiomics rubble and TSA established rock in sump; AF life mud dosed weekly
-seeded with copepods
-Low flow UV for parasites
I'm biome cycling my new BB tank and my rock is turning brownish with what I assume is diatoms? I'm waiting for my last fish to finish quarantine and then I'm going to turn on the lights slowly increasing the intensity but my questions are: is this diatoms? Is this normal for a 'blackout'? Is sunlight reflecting into the tank causing a bloom/maybe making its way from the sump?
-Week 10
-Lights off
-Cardboard blocking the L/R sides (with small square holes for the MP10 pumps). L/R facing windows ~10FT away, Front facing a wall
-Chaeto Refugium running in bottom sump
-Seeded with Aquabiomics rubble and TSA established rock in sump; AF life mud dosed weekly
-seeded with copepods
-Low flow UV for parasites