Diatoms and coraline growth?? Help.

[ZeroShadez]

so i have my 125g tank with about 125 lbs of live rock at least. Its recently finished cycling about a month ago or so. My water parameters are on point i test them everyother day usually. Im having my diatom bloom which i know is normal i also have quite a bit of coraline growing and expanding. Im using conditioner with tap water. Its a no foaming conditioner but it neutralizes any heavy metals (i know i should be using ro/di water and i will be buying a system for that as soon as i have the money) my real question is when the coraline expands over all of my rock will the diatoms grow over the coraline algea i know the issue with silicates in tapwater and it causing diatoms? The diatoms dont even touch my fine grain sand my diamond watchman might be the cause of that.

 

[ZeroShadez]

This is some of the coraline is that darker red coraline too and not cyano? Its as hard as a rock all of it and doesnt come off even with a tooth brush

 

[BeejReef]

That looks like coraline to me.
The diatoms will come and go. They shouldn't be an issue for you long term. The coraline will help with green hair algae and the like, but it's not a magic bullet.

As you say, the tap water is probably fueling the diatoms. The sooner you get that upgraded, the sooner the diatoms will leave you in peace. What livestock do you have? Just the goby?

 

[ZeroShadez]

That looks like coraline to me.
The diatoms will come and go. They shouldn't be an issue for you long term. The coraline will help with green hair algae and the like, but it's not a magic bullet.

As you say, the tap water is probably fueling the diatoms. The sooner you get that upgraded, the sooner the diatoms will leave you in peace. What livestock do you have? Just the goby?

Diamond watchman goby engineer goby chinese zebra goby emerald crab 10 hermits and a skunk shrimp

 

[Katrina71]

Just the baby stages of a beautiful reef.