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08-12-2007, 12:42 AM
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Live rock turning brown
Noticed this gradually over about a week now. All the rock not encrusted with coraline is turning brown. This is a new reef setup with cured LR. Is this normal and or can I be doing something to combat this? Pics added
 starting to form spots on the sandbed  On the rock... sorry cam was out of focus a bit Last edited by scsi; 08-12-2007 at 06:47 PM. 
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08-12-2007, 01:24 AM
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If it's a new set up it could be diatoms which will be a normal part of your cycle.
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65 gallon tank, 3 gallon refugium, 90lbs LR, 50 lbs live sand, Coralife Super Skimmer 125, 24" 250 watt DE Pendant w/14K Hamilton. 1 ocellaris clowns,1 Tomini Tang, 6 line wrasse, 12 turbo grazer snails, 12 nassarius snails, 12 Cerith. Open Brain, Metallic Green Brain, candy cane coral, 1 enchino frags, and 2 maxima clam.
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08-12-2007, 08:00 PM
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looks like diatoms. a form of algae. I think this is normal during cycling
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08-12-2007, 08:48 PM
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Its a natural progression in a new tank. It will go away on its own and will not hurt the coraline. I added a few turbo snails when my tank was cycling and they helped hurry the process along.
Last edited by Borderjumper; 08-13-2007 at 02:57 AM.
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08-13-2007, 12:01 AM
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You could try increasing the flow in your tank as well so your skimmer has a better chance at skimming them out as well. As said it will take it's course as your tank cycles!
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65 gallon tank, 3 gallon refugium, 90lbs LR, 50 lbs live sand, Coralife Super Skimmer 125, 24" 250 watt DE Pendant w/14K Hamilton. 1 ocellaris clowns,1 Tomini Tang, 6 line wrasse, 12 turbo grazer snails, 12 nassarius snails, 12 Cerith. Open Brain, Metallic Green Brain, candy cane coral, 1 enchino frags, and 2 maxima clam.
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08-13-2007, 05:56 AM
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