Diatom annoyance
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Literally everything posted here will fix your tank too. Nothing listed so far is silicate binding, that may explain issues. if the sandbed can produce a cloud if disturbed, that's it.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cyano-attack.394440/page-2#post-4761414
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cyano-attack.394440/page-2#post-4761414
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EmdeReef
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It’s just the usual course of a new tank. The good news is that although diatoms look ugly and can occasionally irritate corals, they’re largely harmless. Once the silicates are depleted most will go away even though you may see an occasional patch here and there.
Bmezz
Active Member
i can disturb the sandbed and get a cloud in places and i do that every water change. the tank is a 180 mixed and 10 months old with plenty of live rock and all live sand.
why cant these diatoms go away! i hate brown crap on the sand
why cant these diatoms go away! i hate brown crap on the sand
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/t...ead-aka-one-against-many.230281/#post-2681445
It's not possible to be sandbed invaded after running the details linked there. I'm not through editing the first post, it's becoming an article eventually but check out the work we've done forcing sandbeds to comply as moves we took in other people's tanks. We move tanks, upgrade downgrade and remedy all through sandbed cleaning. Many biological methods and counter balances and controls exist to coax out your invader
And then there's rip cleaning, forced compliance by tonite option. This is why I always state nano reefs have it easier than large tanks, we can retro clean easily where larger tankers ideally -start- the tank super rinsed, vs early silicate cloudy sand, since catch-up work is daunting in + 50 gallons
Post a pic of your setup, depending on details it could be beatable without sand diving since that's a huge job. We're able to customize around tank hugeness let's see challenge
It's not possible to be sandbed invaded after running the details linked there. I'm not through editing the first post, it's becoming an article eventually but check out the work we've done forcing sandbeds to comply as moves we took in other people's tanks. We move tanks, upgrade downgrade and remedy all through sandbed cleaning. Many biological methods and counter balances and controls exist to coax out your invader
And then there's rip cleaning, forced compliance by tonite option. This is why I always state nano reefs have it easier than large tanks, we can retro clean easily where larger tankers ideally -start- the tank super rinsed, vs early silicate cloudy sand, since catch-up work is daunting in + 50 gallons
Post a pic of your setup, depending on details it could be beatable without sand diving since that's a huge job. We're able to customize around tank hugeness let's see challenge
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