Zeo and diatoms

[Proteus]

Since running zeo I've had a diatoms outbreak. But only on glass. I try to let it burn out but to no avail. I know that zeo rocks contain silicates

Anyone experience this and tips to be rid of it

Po4 undectable
No3 undectable

Temp 81
Sg. 026

6 month old 21k halide

[freezetyle]

are you dosing sponge power? whats your zeostart2/3 dose?

[Proteus]

Zeo start dose is .2 ml 2x a day net water volume is 40g
Yes I dose sponge power and the rest of the lineup

[freezetyle]

sponge power is mainly silicates. SP would essentially be fuelling your diatoms.

how long have you been dosing Zeostart? if you have been at ulns for a while you may be over dosing and the film that you are seeing might be excess bacteria.

you could cut the SP for a few weeks while everything settles out and your diatoms disappear. or revisit the amount of ZStart your adding

[gqlmao]

I have been experimenting with sponge power and coral vitalizer, I have noticed in my tank that even with a slight over dose it will cause a layer of diatoms on my glass, even when I cleaned it the night before. Very potent stuff.

[mikepclo]

What else are you dosing? OD on Aa, cv, xtra and fws will also cause brown film on glass. I also would agree on lowering your start dosage. I'm dosing 0.4ml twice per day for 120g heavy bioload tank. Also here's are link you might find useful.

http://zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29464

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[Proteus]

Thanks I'll lay off the SP for a few weeks and see.
I'll cut back the zeo start to . 15 which was my starting dosage
As for other additive I was dosing half recommended and building up from there.
The problem was from beginning which Sp was the only extra additive I was using

Hope this worksss

Thank you