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01/06/2014, 08:46 AM
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Diatoms
My tank is in the diatom phase, about two months in. I'm getting some brown algae on the glass, and I'm wondering if i should just let it run its course or clean it off? I'm afraid of spreading the spores around the tank by cleaning it off.
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01/06/2014, 09:14 AM
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Clean it, it will soon be gone regardless of scraping so you might as well enjoy your tank.
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01/06/2014, 09:53 AM
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Ok great, thanks man. How long should the diatom phase take on average. For all my previous tanks its been 1-2 weeks.
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01/06/2014, 10:18 AM
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went through that as well in months 1-3,, had brown and red slime on the sand.. ran a reactor with some npx pellets and all was gone with 3 weeks.
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01/06/2014, 10:46 AM
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Cool, I'm running phosguard at the moment to hopefully cut down on the visible algae/diatoms. 3 weeks isn't too bad seeing as I'm already entering week 2.
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