Hello!
My tank has been running for about a month and a half now. I know it is still a young tank but since this is my first saltwater ever I am more alert to everything.
I had a diatom bloom after the first week and it lasted for another twoish and pretty much went away! There was still some remainder but I wasn't too worried about it. I left for a few days and had my gf care for the tank while I was gone (I showed her exactly how much to feed, which she wouldn't over feed and I did a waterchange before so she wouldn't have to). I got back today and there is quite a bit more diatoms then when I left. It doesn't have a bunch of bubbles so I wouldn't think it's cyano and there are a couple patches of green but most of it is a darker brown color. Nothing else has changed since ive been gone. Actually I had been feeding (blennies and a damsel) twice a day a week or two before and have cut back to once a day never having a problem before.
My Params as of 4 days ago.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0 (noticed a ton of scum coating the water surface, turned my surface skimmer back on once I got back)
Ph 8.0
Kh 8.5
Salinity 1.024
Calcium 435
Phosphate: not 100% sure but when looking at the seachem test it was super yellow. I'm assuming around .02 but I'll be honest I can't read that test well.
Idk with silicates
I feed my fish frozen (that I clean in a net then refreeze) once a day and I dose home cultured phyto once a day.
Top off with rodi water and I make fresh saltwater with rodi water and Red Sea coral pro. Waterchange once a week.
If you need any other information that can help identify whats going on please let me know! As much as bad news would suck, just knowing what could be causing it can help me fix it. Thanks
Also as a side note if anyone can help identify these guys for me I'd appreciate it.
Couple on my rocks. Hard exterior and purpleish.
Bunch of these sticking on my tank walls. Showed up 2 weeks ago and they are exploding in numbers. Sorry for bad quality pic, what I could get real fast.
My tank has been running for about a month and a half now. I know it is still a young tank but since this is my first saltwater ever I am more alert to everything.
I had a diatom bloom after the first week and it lasted for another twoish and pretty much went away! There was still some remainder but I wasn't too worried about it. I left for a few days and had my gf care for the tank while I was gone (I showed her exactly how much to feed, which she wouldn't over feed and I did a waterchange before so she wouldn't have to). I got back today and there is quite a bit more diatoms then when I left. It doesn't have a bunch of bubbles so I wouldn't think it's cyano and there are a couple patches of green but most of it is a darker brown color. Nothing else has changed since ive been gone. Actually I had been feeding (blennies and a damsel) twice a day a week or two before and have cut back to once a day never having a problem before.
My Params as of 4 days ago.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0 (noticed a ton of scum coating the water surface, turned my surface skimmer back on once I got back)
Ph 8.0
Kh 8.5
Salinity 1.024
Calcium 435
Phosphate: not 100% sure but when looking at the seachem test it was super yellow. I'm assuming around .02 but I'll be honest I can't read that test well.
Idk with silicates
I feed my fish frozen (that I clean in a net then refreeze) once a day and I dose home cultured phyto once a day.
Top off with rodi water and I make fresh saltwater with rodi water and Red Sea coral pro. Waterchange once a week.
If you need any other information that can help identify whats going on please let me know! As much as bad news would suck, just knowing what could be causing it can help me fix it. Thanks
Also as a side note if anyone can help identify these guys for me I'd appreciate it.
Couple on my rocks. Hard exterior and purpleish.
Bunch of these sticking on my tank walls. Showed up 2 weeks ago and they are exploding in numbers. Sorry for bad quality pic, what I could get real fast.
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