What to do

[N2theUnknown]

This tank i 1.5 weeks old i used live sand and have about 1lb of rock in the aio chamber that sat in a fuge of an estsblished tank for about 3 months. Do i leave thhe brown? Or try to remove it im assuming its dinos which is feeding off of the sillicates in the new rock?

Temp 78
Salinity 1.025
Tank is a week old using instant ocean

Thanks in advance everyone.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Let it ride

 

[vetteguy53081]

Diatoms associated with new tank syndrome. Take a turkey baster and blow it off the rocks and siphon up. Reduce your whites to 25% and increase blue to 75%. You can at night add .5ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gals which is very safe to break it down.

 

[BeejReef]

Or try to remove it im assuming its dinos which is feeding off of the sillicates in the new rock?

U really think it's dinos? Diatoms seems/looks much more likely

 

[vetteguy53081]

Diatoms

 

[N2theUnknown]

Sorry guys i meant diatoms... lol main wuestion was just if I should let it ride or remove from the tank.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Remove. I gave you remedy above

 

[Seadoc]

Looks like diatoms. Part of the ugly phase. Vetteguy has a good recipe with turkey blaster and higher blue light.

 

[N2theUnknown]

Blue lights helped loads thanks guys!