Red spots all over my sand bed?

[Jhern]

I have these spots all over my sand bed and just want to know if that’s normal and what is it. My tank has been cycling for 1 week. I have LED lights so you can’t see the brownish/red. But you can see some spots in the picture.

 

[James M]

Can’t tell from the photo but it’s sounds like diatoms and cyano which is completely normal for new tanks

 

[Jhern]

Yea it’s hard with LED lights. But okay I should get concerned it if it spreads more ? Or shouldn’t stress at all and let it be

 

[Katrina71]

Welcome to the beginning of a reef tank.

 

[Jhern]

Just trying to learn

 

[Katrina71]

Just trying to learn

You are doing the right things! Pics and questions are the best way.

 

[Neptune 555]

yes part of the cycle with a new tank is the red covering on your sand = Cyano. It will likely get worse before it goes away. It kinds of lumps together so you can manually lift it out in sheets... or gravel vac when you do water changes. If it does not go away on its own... starts covering your rocks and killing coral you can buy a product that gets rid of Cyano but IMO b/c your tank is new.. I would just manually remove every week and let it run is course.

Neptune!

 

[Jhern]

You are doing the right things! Pics and questions are the best way.

Hard to take pics with LED lights, need a camera lens for my phone.

 

[Jhern]

yes part of the cycle with a new tank is the red covering on your sand = Cyano. It will likely get worse before it goes away. It kinds of lumps together so you can manually lift it out in sheets... or gravel vac when you do water changes. If it does not go away on its own... starts covering your rocks and killing coral you can buy a product that gets rid of Cyano but IMO b/c your tank is new.. I would just manually remove every week and let it run is course.

Neptune!

When you say manually remove it, do you mean by just shifting the sand ?

 

[Katrina71]

When you say manually remove it, do you mean by just shifting the sand ?

Turkey baster works pretty well.

 

[Neptune 555]

yes manually remove it. Many choices. I used a fish net as it barely disturbed the sand and picked up the cyano. Yes it removed some sand with it but really it doesn't. The cyano is such a weird texture you can lift it with a net or your hand. turkey baster would work well also...

I found manually removing it, waiting 2 months and it is gone.

Good luck!

 

[Jhern]

yes manually remove it. Many choices. I used a fish net as it barely disturbed the sand and picked up the cyano. Yes it removed some sand with it but really it doesn't. The cyano is such a weird texture you can lift it with a net or your hand. turkey baster would work well also...

I found manually removing it, waiting 2 months and it is gone.

Good luck!

I found out it’s not cyano and Its diatoms