Diatom bloom

[Westoncase]

Could adding more live rock to a 6 month old system cause a diatom bloom? I originally set the tank up with live rock. The new lr is from the same place as the original. Tank is definitely not overstocked. Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all good. Phosphate issue? Idk, I know my tank is young but Id like to figure out what triggered this diatom bloom.

 

[road_runner]

Could adding more live rock to a 6 month old system cause a diatom bloom? I originally set the tank up with live rock. The new lr is from the same place as the original. Tank is definitely not overstocked. Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all good. Phosphate issue? Idk, I know my tank is young but Id like to figure out what triggered this diatom bloom.

Yup. It almost always do that.
When you add new substrate you go through a mini cycle which is basically the bacterial population happening on the new substrate.
Normal, just wait it out and watch your po4.

 

[Westoncase]

Yup. It almost always do that.
When you add new substrate you go through a mini cycle which is basically the bacterial population happening on the new substrate.
Normal, just wait it out and watch your po4.

Well a month later and It still hasn’t gone away

 

[road_runner]

What's your system paramaters. No3 po4 salinity..others..
System details(equipment, filtration, light, flow)
What's your test kits?
Anything you dosing?
System inhabitants?
What's your husbandry like? Water changes?

 

[ScottB]

Sneezing could cause a diatom outbreak In a <1 year old tank IME.

It is annoying but won't harm anything. I am a believer in a managed sand bed. And at some point diatoms just fade away. Conchs and diamond gobies help with the optics if it bothers you.

Maturity is what solves the "problem" IME.

 

[Westoncase]

Red Sea tests kids shows-Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate between 0 and 5 this whole time, salinity 1.025 via Milwaukee refractometer, #30ish of liverock, 2 aquaclear 50s with liverock, filterfloss and chemipure blue, jebao 0w10, icecap 1k, AI prime HD’s runs 10 hrs a day- blues&purples at 80% whites, reds, greens @ or less than 15%. Only fish are a blue damsel and a shrimp goby + a few zoas, I do weekly 5 or 10 gallon water changes with fritz blue box and use rodi water, no dosing. -40 breeder. It’s mostly on the sandbed. I have realized I prolly don’t have enough cuc. There’s only a pretty big turbo snail and 10-30 dwarf ceriths.

 

[Westoncase]

Sneezing could cause a diatom outbreak In a <1 year old tank IME.

It is annoying but won't harm anything. I am a believer in a managed sand bed. And at some point diatoms just fade away. Conchs and diamond gobies help with the optics if it bothers you.

Maturity is what solves the "problem" IME.

I definitely feel that. Growing pains I reckon. I need to read up on conchs