Diatoms?

[Reefin' Alaska]

Having issues with these recurring. 2nd time this has happened, but doesn't seem this one is going away.. Are these diatoms?

 

[Saltyreef]

Highly likely.

 

[jgirardnrg]

I went through 2 phases as well. How old is the tank?
I got blue legged hermits and Trochus snails and they've decimated the diatoms.

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

I went through 2 phases as well. How old is the tank?
I got blue legged hermits and Trochus snails and they've decimated the diatoms.

Well, this tank was originally an IM 10 in my office, and moved to an IM 25 at my home about 8-10 weeks ago.

Half the rock is new rock, half the substrate as well.

 

[jgirardnrg]

Sounds about right... what do you have a for a clean up crew?

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

Sounds about right... what do you have a for a clean up crew?

I have some Astrea, nassarius snails and some hermits, I live in Alaska, hard to find these things sometimes.

What would you suggest?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Siphon lightly and add some cleaners. Snails:

nassarius
nerite
Trochus
cerith
Boue leg hermits

 

[jgirardnrg]

I have some Astrea, nassarius snails and some hermits, I live in Alaska, hard to find these things sometimes.

What would you suggest?

Out of all the snails I tried nothing came close to the Trochus. I call them Reef Roomba's. They clean 24/7 and made the rocks look almost like when they were new. Here's a good example of what they do. This rock was completely covered and one Trochus snail had a little snack:

 

[Jmasonreef]

Looks like it!

 

[CrazyCarlitos]

For diatom, trochus snail and dwarf cerith snails from reef learners.org works great and fast.

The Store Live Item

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www.reefcleaners.org

the trochus will consume the diatom on rocks and the dwarf Cerith will clean up the diatom on ur sand.

good luck

 

[jgirardnrg]

For diatom, trochus snail and dwarf cerith snails from reef learners.org works great and fast.

The Store Live Item

. Read more

www.reefcleaners.org

the trochus will consume the diatom on rocks and the dwarf Cerith will clean up the diatom on ur sand.

good luck

My blue legged hermits take care of the diatoms on the sand. They were the first of the clean up crew that went in because the sand broke out in diatoms first. There's still some Cerith snails in there I see from time to time. Picking up a fighting conch or two tomorrow to round out the crew.

One thing to note... I have 7 Trochus in my 60 cube. I don't think I would add any more because they'd probably starve. For a 25 gallon I'd probably only add 3 or 4 to start and see how they do.

 

[Pete80]

Give it couple weeks , it should be gone when silica is depleted

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

My blue legged hermits take care of the diatoms on the sand. They were the first of the clean up crew that went in because the sand broke out in diatoms first. There's still some Cerith snails in there I see from time to time. Picking up a fighting conch or two tomorrow to round out the crew.

One thing to note... I have 7 Trochus in my 60 cube. I don't think I would add any more because they'd probably starve. For a 25 gallon I'd probably only add 3 or 4 to start and see how they do.

Unfortunately, couldn't find any here. I'm going to have to have some shipped to me.