Brown sand

[Yellow⌚man24]

Hi guys what's up, I recently made an account on Reef2Reef and I am looking forward to learning about my 30 gallon reef tank
My 1st question that I want to ask is ..... what is the best way to keep My sand bed Clean? I keep my Aquariam dang near spotless but I just cannot stand my sand getting that brown tint. I changed my flow fan yesterday so that it is now aimed towards the front middle of the glass so that it is hitting the glass then hitting the sand so that hopefully it flows along the sand bed better I had it pointed towards the way top literally pointed straight up as far as it will go but now I changed. Anyone can please Help me it would be highly Appreciated!!! I look forward to hearing back from one of you thanks again

 

[Zach B]

Welcome Are you using rodi water?

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

Welcome Are you using rodi water?

Yessir I mean my tank looks great I'm just extremely picky and particular and yes I Always use Rodi I buy it from a notable reef/fish store here in CT

 

[Diyreef8401]

Can I ask what LFS you are buying water from? I am in CT as well.

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

House of fins Greenwich CT

 

[schuby]

How old is your tank?

 

[Rubberfrog]

Pic of tank so we know what were dealing with?

 

[Phil D.]

When doing water changes you can vacuum tank with gravel vac

 

[Dolphis]

Is it Diotoms?
Do you know what the TDS of the water is?
Could be silicate from the sand

 

[vetteguy53081]

Likely diatoms deriving from silicates which could be in your LFS water.
Nonetheless, reduce white light intensity for a few days and add following snails:
2 turbo
3 astrea
2 trochus
3 cerith
3 nassarius
6 blue leg hermits

These will help keep it clean

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

Pic of tank so we know what were dealing with?

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

Sorry didn't mean to send so many lol

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

Pic of tank so we know what were dealing with?

New video by Daniel Fuscaldo

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

New video by Daniel Fuscaldo

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

New video by Daniel Fuscaldo

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

New video by Daniel Fuscaldo

photos.app.goo.gl

U can't tell by these videos I know but I just wanted to show u what my tank looks like

 

[Specific Ocean]

Likely diatoms deriving from silicates which could be in your LFS water.
Nonetheless, reduce white light intensity for a few days and add following snails:
2 turbo
3 astrea
2 trochus
3 cerith
3 nassarius
6 blue leg hermits

These will help keep it clean

+1 on this

being that there's no corals, reduce your light settings and get a CUC

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

I have a hammer coral and a zoo

 

[Specific Ocean]

I have a hammer coral and a zoo

Ah, didn't catch that. Are able to reduce your white light?

 

[Yellow⌚man24]

Likely diatoms deriving from silicates which could be in your LFS water.
Nonetheless, reduce white light intensity for a few days and add following snails:
2 turbo
3 astrea
2 trochus
3 cerith
3 nassarius
6 blue leg hermits

These will help keep it clean

I have 8 blue legged dwarfs and one big conch snail