Diatoms ? .... i hope

[DudeBruh]

Grainy substance. Blows off with turkey baster. Shows up after lights have been on for the day.

 

[Oscaror]

Grainy substance. Blows off with turkey baster. Shows up after lights have been on for the day.

Yes diatoms

 

[Johniejumbo]

Looks like it to me. Hopefully I just got over a nice case of d!n@$. I thought it was diatoms at first tho so maybe don’t trust my judgment lol

 

[DudeBruh]

Yes diatoms

Is this the light at the end of the “ugly” tunnel ? After GHA, Dino, cyano and other random algea ... I sure hope so.

How do you handle the diatoms?

 

[Johniejumbo]

I feel your pain man. For me a uv sterilizer seemed to get rid of them. Though it could have just been coincidence. My tank is about 6-7 months old now and I’ve had all the uglies I can stand lol.

 

[Oscaror]

Is this the light at the end of the “ugly” tunnel ? After GHA, Dino, cyano and other random algea ... I sure hope so.

How do you handle the diatoms?

#reefsquad help him out bc I never actually got rid of my diatoms since my tank was set up so poorly

 

[Katrina71]

Wait it out.

 

[dbl]

Time should cure it if it's diatoms, which is what it looks like to me.

 

[falc]

I'm dealing with the diatoms now in my new 40G too, I just take a turkey baster to the rocks and substrate every afternoon.. I'll be glad when they're gone!

 

[DudeBruh]

Thanks ladies and gents. The help as always is appreciated. Do they hurt anything..... hinder any new additions?