Diatoms

[kiwis]

What are the best ways of removing diatoms from my aquarium?

 

[sureal00]

You can do water changes
Run gfo
Remove manually
Skim heavy
put snails close to the diatoms like nerite or turbo snails

 

[BeejReef]

You can do water changes
Run gfo
Remove manually
Skim heavy
put snails close to the diatoms like nerite or turbo snails

Dealing with new tank diatoms as well. I understand the advise to be patient and let them run their course. At some point, once they've kind of fully blossomed, don't I want to get some of the mass out of there to remove the silicates they've bound up?