Diatoms

[GHOSTLY]

So my tank is 6 months old with coralline growing at a good speed. Thing is I recently Changed my rock out for Real Live Rock and I'm now getting a brown diatom looking dust on it. Diatoms go away on their own so should I just leave this

 

[Fish Think Pink]

So my tank is 6 months old with coralline growing at a good speed. Thing is I recently Changed my rock out for Real Live Rock and I'm now getting a brown diatom looking dust on it. Diatoms go away on their own so should I just leave this

I tried speeding up 'go away' with small water changes using tube to siphon water & diatoms from top of sand and where ever they seemed to be. Not sure if it helped but it made me feel like I was doing something... eventually got to other side of it.

You'll get to other side of this!

 

[Dkmoo]

Just make sure its diatom and not dinos. Treatment is different

 

[jmichaelh7]

Just make sure its diatom and not dinos. Treatment is different

Definitely don’t want dinos hopefully it’s diatoms. I wouldn’t worry about it

 

[GHOSTLY]

Its just a small brown dust on some parts of my rock. Dino go's away at night but I'm just blowing this off. Whats so bad about dinoflagellates

 

[jmichaelh7]

Its just a small brown dust on some parts of my rock. Dino go's away at night but I'm just blowing this off. Whats so bad about dinoflagellates

Wait until dinos start messing with your corals

 

[GHOSTLY]

I just read Dino cure. I dont have it but hydrogen peroxide 1ml 10 gallons and micro bacter 7. I got Diatoms from the new rock I think so im just going to add some Phosguard

 

[Reef.]

I just read Dino cure. I dont have it but hydrogen peroxide 1ml 10 gallons and micro bacter 7. I got Diatoms from the new rock I think so im just going to add some Phosguard

I’ve seen it mentioned a few times to use GFO/phosguard to get rid of diatoms, but wouldn’t that strip the water of p04 before it used up all the silicates?

 

[GHOSTLY]

not if you run it properly

 

[Reef.]

not if you run it properly

if you run it “properly” wouldn’t it remove PO4 just as efficiently as silicates though, wouldn’t it?

I can’t see how it can be used where it only removes one and not the other.

 

[GHOSTLY]

I think its supposed to get rid of both. I Ran it and it dropped all my levels to good levels. MUCH less Algae now