Regular algae or cyano? (pic)
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swannyson7
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Looks like diatoms to me. How long has the tank been set up?
Troylee
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Just diatoms... There feeding off silicates in the sand and water... Just let them burn out.. You can leave the lights off a couple days also since it's only a fowlr....
lennyd4
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Thanks for the feedback. The only reason I post this is because I've been having issues with my fish. I added a LemonPeel angelfish 3 weeks ago. 3 days after I added it, my cleaner shrimp dissappeared. Then a week after that, my Pearly Jawfish dissappeared and stopped eating, only to be found later, still alive, but pale and laboring underneath is rock (since has dissappeared again). Then 2 days ago my LemonPeel died, which was excepted because the thing wouldn't eat anything I put in the tank.
Troylee
all about the diy!!!!!
How did you cycle the tank??? Diatoms are honestly the last part of the cycle... Your tank just might be ready for fish now... One or 2 a week at max...
lovemyreef
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Give it time!
lennyd4
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I cycled it in 4 weeks. Just dosed the tank with some ammonia and let the cycle do its thing, I also bought Dr Tims Nitrifying Bacteria, just do add it in but not actually to rely on it.
