Brown diatoms on my rock

[CammyS]

I have brown algae (or diatoms if you prefer) on my rock. I have no livestock in the tank yet and I’m not sure how it’s happening. I’m running Chemipure elite and I have two Koralia Nanos on each side. My temperature is at 76 degree Fahrenheit. I’m using an aqueon canopy lid with the light that came with it. I have had my whites on for 8 hours a day running from 9 am to 5 pm and my blues for the rest of the time. Is this brown algae bad for my tank?

 

[Malifry97]

I have brown algae (or diatoms if you prefer) on my rock. I have no livestock in the tank yet and I’m not sure how it’s happening. I’m running Chemipure elite and I have two Koralia Nanos on each side. My temperature is at 76 degree Fahrenheit. I’m using an aqueon canopy lid with the light that came with it. I have had my whites on for 8 hours a day running from 9 am to 5 pm and my blues for the rest of the time. Is this brown algae bad for my tank?

Nope. It will pass. Part of the new tank baddies. One question. Are you using RO,RODI or tap water. Diatoms are caused by silicates and phosphates. Tap water often contains these. If your tap had high concentrations, chemipure elite won’t remove all of it.

 

[CammyS]

Nope. It will pass. Part of the new tank baddies. One question. Are you using RO,RODI or tap water. Diatoms are caused by silicates and phosphates. Tap water often contains these. If your tap had high concentrations, chemipure elite won’t remove all of it.

I’m using RO/DI water that I make myself. I just know that it’s been covering the top of my rocks near the surface and a little bit has gotten on the sand. I’ve been doing my normal water changes and figured that maybe I had been something wrong.

 

[ReefBum]

Can you post a picture to help confirm whether you have diatoms?

 

[Malifry97]

Can you post a picture to help confirm whether you have diatoms?

+1

 

[Malifry97]

Also what is tds out of RODI machine? If it’s diatoms, the Phosphates and silicates have to be coming from somewhere.

 

[CammyS]

this is the tank now. I’ve been told this is diatoms but I’m honestly not sure.

 

[CammyS]

Also what is tds out of RODI machine? If it’s diatoms, the Phosphates and silicates have to be coming from somewhere.

The tds reads 0

 

[Malifry97]

The tds reads 0

Hmmmm... I don’t know then. What type of sand did you use? What type of rock? Some types of rock and leach silicates and phosphates.

 

[CammyS]

Hmmmm... I don’t know then. What type of sand did you use? What type of rock? Some types of rock and leach silicates and phosphates.

I used caribsea Bahama oolite sand and dry rock when I put the tank together.

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

I used caribsea Bahama oolite sand and dry rock when I put the tank together.

It will pass that's just what new tank do good luck.

 

[Malifry97]

I used caribsea Bahama oolite sand and dry rock when I put the tank together.

Then i don’t know. You have to be getting phosphates and silicates from somewhere. What type of dry rock?

 

[Qasimja]

every tank has a diatom bloom rodi or not