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banditpowdercoat 01-24-2014 12:16 AM

Is this Diatoms?
 
My tank has a wall to wall outbreak of this. Not sure if it's lighting or water> Params seem all OK. Well Sg, Ca, Mg, Ak was really high tho. Just did a W/C

Help please, Blew as much as I can off the rocks but it's everywhere and my Zoa's are all receeding and mostly dissapeared.

SteveCGY 01-24-2014 12:41 AM

Need a picture to help you, but if it's brown and can blow off like dust, yes I would say diatoms. Diatoms are caused by the silicates in your tank and will go away once they are used up. I found blowing it off daily and every other day water Change like 5-10% cleared it up quick.

banditpowdercoat 01-24-2014 12:45 AM

Sorry pic was too big had to resize
Ya it blows off mostly with a power head. Looks stringy like kinda tho

http://banditpowdercoat.com/Powderga.../IMG_17961.jpg

Ron99 01-24-2014 12:53 AM

If it's stringy probably dinoflagellates. Same strategy to clean it up. Water changes and nutrient control.

SteveCGY 01-24-2014 12:54 AM

I'm not an expert maybe someone else can chime in but to me looks like GHA covered in diatoms. Only as that's what my tank looked like at the beginning. Once my diatoms left I was left with GHA.

Cal_stir 01-24-2014 01:13 AM

I don't think hair algae will blow off, +1 on dinos.

banditpowdercoat 01-24-2014 01:21 AM

I do have a GHA issue too, but mostly at the upper levels of the tank, like overflow rim

Cal_stir 01-24-2014 01:28 AM

Ya, looks like I can see some in the lower part of the pic, are you using anything for phosphates?

banditpowdercoat 01-24-2014 01:31 AM

Only using Biopellets

Cal_stir 01-24-2014 01:36 AM

Pellets not real good at po4, might need some GFO.


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