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Sounds like an ammonia bloom.
vlangel
Seahorse whisperer
Welcome to R2R!
wbrown
New Member
it's diatoms. Normal part of cycling a tank.
Keep walking past the tank, keep you hands out of it, and practice patience. You will see over the next week-ish the bloom expand then contract. Once contracted do a partial water change and you should be ready to add inhabitants.
The most success I've had with a new tank was with all dead sand and rock. You minimize hitchikers and unwanted parasites, offset is it takes longer to establish and mature. Adding a seed rock or sand from another tank will shorten the wait, but you may end up with some undesirables from the host tank.
The best tip I ever heard was 'Nothing that happens fast is good'. Bear this in mind and while you are waiting on your tank to mature, set up a quarantine tank to keep your new purchases in. Quarantine tanks should cycle, but you can add the bacteria supplement and perform regular water changes to offset and prevent any spikes in ammonia.
Keep walking past the tank, keep you hands out of it, and practice patience. You will see over the next week-ish the bloom expand then contract. Once contracted do a partial water change and you should be ready to add inhabitants.
The most success I've had with a new tank was with all dead sand and rock. You minimize hitchikers and unwanted parasites, offset is it takes longer to establish and mature. Adding a seed rock or sand from another tank will shorten the wait, but you may end up with some undesirables from the host tank.
The best tip I ever heard was 'Nothing that happens fast is good'. Bear this in mind and while you are waiting on your tank to mature, set up a quarantine tank to keep your new purchases in. Quarantine tanks should cycle, but you can add the bacteria supplement and perform regular water changes to offset and prevent any spikes in ammonia.
danOkablamo
New Member
To cycle my tank, I used bio-spira and light ghost feedings every other day and my tank had great coraline growth after a month and a half
JLight
Active Member
I've never seen them do that
vlangel
Seahorse whisperer
My tomato clown swishes his tail and digs up the sand all the time. It makes a mess but I love him so I deal with it.
JLight
Active Member
Make sure you have sufficient light. And use gel super glue to attach it to a rock
SeahorseKeeper
Where's the mysis?
Moved current forum: New to Hobby. This way you can get more views and input. Good luck with your tank and welcome to R2R!! 
I've been on vacation for 3 weeks. A nieghbor fed my fish. Come home to find everything covered with this chocolate looking stuff. Even my smallest clown has it on the top third of her body. What is this ????
vlangel
Seahorse whisperer
Can you take a pic? It might be cyano but that is usually more reddish than brown. I do know I came home from a vacation to cyano once. Frequent water changes will get things back to normal if that is the problem.
