Sand bed help

[MelbourneReefer]

OK having an issue here and cannot figure out the problem, I thought it was just from vacuuming my sand bed but it is not as it's been going on for about a week now. It seems during the day I get a heavy build up of some sort of brown detritus all over the sand towards the nighttime it starts to look like it's clearing up, and in the morning it's normally almost all gone. But then the next day some point it kicks back up and covers all my sand I do have a skylight that is now shining on the tank at a small portion of the day but it has never affected the tank before any help would be great thanks!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I would say cyano bacteria.

 

[p1n]

Get a goby or some kind of sand sifter might help a lil

 

[Girthrockwel]

I'm going through the new tank uglies and get that stuff. My goby hasn't been doing much to help. Mine is a lazy dog. My ceriths seem like they're trying but don't make much of a difference. I don't know if it's the right thing to do but I've been blasting it with the turkey baster and manually stirring the sand before my weekly water change. Yours looks like it has more coverage than mine. Mine is more patchy.

 

[Renelope]

Looks like diatoms to me

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like diatoms. Not sure what lighting your using but if it has bulbs then how old are they?

 

[Girthrockwel]

Is it slimy or dusty?

 

[MelbourneReefer]

Looks like diatoms to me

New AI hydras it goes away at night and morning but comes back at middle of day

 

[soxfan0426]

You should cover it with towels

 

[Girthrockwel]

Cover the sand bed with towels?

 

[kinetic]

Looks like cyano bacteria. Low flow over the sand bed will do it. Run some ChemiPure for a week and you will be all good.

 

[soxfan0426]

Cover the sand bed with towels?

No, the tank... to see if the sun coming thru the skylight is causing this

 

[MelbourneReefer]

So I covered the tank from the sun what it is is when my lights come on during the day the bloom grows super fast and then at night when the lights go off it goes away. In the morning it's almost all gone, this never happened before I've had the lights a few months. Ow

 

[MelbourneReefer]

So I covered the tank from the sun what it is is when my lights come on during the day the bloom grows super fast and then at night when the lights go off it goes away. In the morning it's almost all gone, this never happened before I've had the lights a few months. Ow

Also shut up Chris