Diatoms?

Rbacchiega · #1 01-02-2009, 01:17 AM

well, the cleanup crew is in order...what's your maintenance schedule like? Diatoms do take quite a while to get rid of, infact I have one tank that always has a small number of them....

likwid · #2 01-02-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

well, the cleanup crew is in order...what's your maintenance schedule like? Diatoms do take quite a while to get rid of, infact I have one tank that always has a small number of them....

15% water change once a week. Here is a pic of it taken from my cell phone, hopefully the quality if good enough for you guys to make it out.

tang daddy · #3 01-02-2009, 03:03 AM

use an orange spot sand sifting goby and kiss your worries away.....

likwid · #4 01-02-2009, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tang daddy

use an orange spot sand sifting goby and kiss your worries away.....

I actually had one a month ago, he would just sit on the sand and rarely ever put it in its mouth. It died after a week of having it.

tang daddy · #5 01-02-2009, 03:30 AM

hmm odd my freind had the same thing as you in a 55g fowler I suggested the same to him and after 2 weeks no more diatoms and he has alot of sand to cover, the reason why I suggested this fish is for 2 reasons 1 to keep the sand be stirred releasing particles into the water so it can be skimmed out and also to feed the corals, second there is pieces of food that don't get eaten and land on the sand bed this fish will eat it and keep the sand nice and clean. Maybe you got a lazy or cyanide caught fish anyhow if you try another one make sure it's sifting sand and eating to increase your luck.