Diatoms, or something else?

[Hair Algae Wizard]

Folks,

Can anyone ID/help confirm what this is on my sandbed? I'm guessing diatoms, but not certain. They have pretty much been there since right after my cycle completed, but starting to cover a little more of the sandbed than before. Everything in the tank is doing great. I was thinking of using some phos remover, but not certain.

My parameters (Po4 and No3) are untraceable. Tank is about 100 days old now, and no other nuisance algae (knock wood) is in the tank, with the exception of some turf/hair algae growing on my Vortech's.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Bryce M.]

Sure looks like it. Your tank is still new, let it cycle away!

 

[BeejReef]

If your phosphate is already testing at 0, you may not want to run a phosphate remover. May encourage some stuff you really don't want.

Would personally just give it more time. I have/have had similar. It kinda comes and goes and is very easy to vacuum out.
If you're dead set on trying something, you might try something like Dr. Tim's waste away, Microbacter 7, or whatnot.

 

[Hair Algae Wizard]

Thanks folks!

 

[Quietman]

You got those "low down, new tank, no nitrate, no phosphate, clean sand bed, keeping the tank dark, diatom baaaahhh - llllluuuuuuuueeeeeessss!"

Had them for weeks...seemed like months, no wait it was months. Got desperate and depressed and came this close to nuking the tank with H2O2 but someone on here talked me off the ledge and convinced me just to wait it out. I did, they left a couple weeks later. Lost a couple zoas though but better than what I probably would have done trying to fix it.

Patience, James Taylor and Bourbon (or tea if that's your bag) is my diatom prescription.