brown sand?

69camaro540 · 03/05/2006, 05:02 PM

i just recently set up my tank, it has been cycled. i guess the sand has diatoms on it. should i try to stir the sand up or try to vaccum it off the top. i do not like to vaccum, but if it is nessecary i will. i just added a few cerith snails and a conch hoping that would help. does anyone have any suggestions that would help? or will time just take care of the problem. thanks

timmy_boy188 · 03/05/2006, 05:13 PM

it should go away but I would get a small hose and siphon it off the top,

Tim

NCreefwannabe · 03/05/2006, 06:39 PM

patience is a virtue. Time will take care of the diatoms.

03/05/2006, 05:02 PM	#1
69camaro540 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: lavale, md Posts: 79	brown sand? i just recently set up my tank, it has been cycled. i guess the sand has diatoms on it. should i try to stir the sand up or try to vaccum it off the top. i do not like to vaccum, but if it is nessecary i will. i just added a few cerith snails and a conch hoping that would help. does anyone have any suggestions that would help? or will time just take care of the problem. thanks

03/05/2006, 05:13 PM	#2
timmy_boy188 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 184	it should go away but I would get a small hose and siphon it off the top, Tim

03/05/2006, 06:39 PM	#3
NCreefwannabe Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 953	patience is a virtue. Time will take care of the diatoms.