diatom outbreak

jcmjoe · 04/01/2012, 03:35 PM

Hello, I have had an awful diatom outbreak in my tank, the tank is farely new( about 5 weeks old) and the other morning I noticed the familiar brown crap starting to cover my substrate and rock. I have a 125 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump , the sump has a 6 inch sand bed with mangroves and chaeto growing in it. a Bubble Magus skimmer, 2 koralia evo 1050 power heads in tank, TLF GFo reactor and a HOT magnum with carbon and Foam filter. I moved some of my mature live rock and substrate from an existing tank into my new tank when It was up and running to help establish it and everything was fine until like 3 days ago.. Nitrite is 0. ammonia 0, Nitrate is 5.0ppmm CA 420 and P.H. 8.0. I have about 60 lbs of base rock that was cooked but no coralline algae growing on it yet in the tank. Do you think it is because the tank is new? The substrate is sugar sized aragonite. Any advice? Lights are 2 t-8 10ks and 2 36 inch ecoxotic fusion stunners. Thanks

SushiGirl · 04/01/2012, 03:45 PM

It's because the tank is new. It'll go away on its own.

coonasssaint · 04/01/2012, 04:03 PM

Yes it should go away. It's a new tank

NYCBOB · 04/01/2012, 04:26 PM

new tank syndrome.

jcmjoe · 04/01/2012, 04:45 PM

You guys made my day! thanks

BigCountry74 · 04/02/2012, 10:04 AM

run only the blue lights for 2-3 days, it will go away

04/01/2012, 03:35 PM	#1
jcmjoe Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 279	diatom outbreak Hello, I have had an awful diatom outbreak in my tank, the tank is farely new( about 5 weeks old) and the other morning I noticed the familiar brown crap starting to cover my substrate and rock. I have a 125 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump , the sump has a 6 inch sand bed with mangroves and chaeto growing in it. a Bubble Magus skimmer, 2 koralia evo 1050 power heads in tank, TLF GFo reactor and a HOT magnum with carbon and Foam filter. I moved some of my mature live rock and substrate from an existing tank into my new tank when It was up and running to help establish it and everything was fine until like 3 days ago.. Nitrite is 0. ammonia 0, Nitrate is 5.0ppmm CA 420 and P.H. 8.0. I have about 60 lbs of base rock that was cooked but no coralline algae growing on it yet in the tank. Do you think it is because the tank is new? The substrate is sugar sized aragonite. Any advice? Lights are 2 t-8 10ks and 2 36 inch ecoxotic fusion stunners. Thanks __________________ Peace Current Tank Info: 50 gallon reef, 75 Gallon FOWLR

04/01/2012, 03:45 PM	#2
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	It's because the tank is new. It'll go away on its own. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

04/01/2012, 04:45 PM	#5
jcmjoe Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 279	You guys made my day! thanks __________________ Peace Current Tank Info: 50 gallon reef, 75 Gallon FOWLR

04/02/2012, 10:04 AM	#6
BigCountry74 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,761	run only the blue lights for 2-3 days, it will go away __________________ 135g mixed reef (retired) http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2132815 Current 40g reef http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2483250 Current Tank Info: 40g bare bottom reef

04/01/2012, 04:03 PM	#3
coonasssaint Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Abita Springs, La Posts: 103	Yes it should go away. It's a new tank

04/01/2012, 04:26 PM	#4
NYCBOB Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 1,768	new tank syndrome.