What is this brown stuff?

BeccaScott · 06/26/2014, 07:15 PM

Diatoms maybe?
Tanks been up for a loooong time now, thought I was done with diatom blooms.
All params are normal, although I do have a barely traceable amount of ammonia.
(I have a bad camera so the photo makes my tank water look weird)

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bnumair · 06/26/2014, 07:20 PM

hard to tell with blurry pics but my guess is cyano if not diatoms.

BeccaScott · 06/26/2014, 08:03 PM

And how would I go about getting rid of it

100%hydrophylic · 06/26/2014, 08:25 PM

better flow, less nutrients, change your light bulbs, test for phosphates to see if something is leaching them

I think those are the standard remedies.

ReefRehab · 06/27/2014, 12:18 PM

What sort of clean up crew are you using? I use a Fighting Conch to keep my sand stirred up and prevent this from happening. I also have seen it in the lower flow areas of the tank.

Stolireef · 06/27/2014, 12:32 PM

what is a looong time?

06/26/2014, 07:15 PM	#1
BeccaScott Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 76	What is this brown stuff? Diatoms maybe? Tanks been up for a loooong time now, thought I was done with diatom blooms. All params are normal, although I do have a barely traceable amount of ammonia. (I have a bad camera so the photo makes my tank water look weird) [IMG]http://i61.*****.com/6zse9s.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.*****.com/2lmlxl4.jpg[/IMG]

06/26/2014, 07:20 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	hard to tell with blurry pics but my guess is cyano if not diatoms. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

06/26/2014, 08:25 PM	#4
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	better flow, less nutrients, change your light bulbs, test for phosphates to see if something is leaching them I think those are the standard remedies. __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS

06/27/2014, 12:32 PM	#6
Stolireef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scottsdale AZ Posts: 3,180 Blog Entries: 5	what is a looong time? __________________ I want to burn twice as bright and half as long. Oh, and a full tank crash is just an excuse for a new build. Current Tank Info: 125 Rimless Leemar, Apex, Trigger 30 Elite Sump, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 X Gen4 Radion XR30W, BM Doser, 2xMP40WES, 2xTunze 6095, Sicce Syncra 4.0.

06/26/2014, 08:03 PM	#3
BeccaScott Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 76	And how would I go about getting rid of it

06/27/2014, 12:18 PM	#5
ReefRehab Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 15	What sort of clean up crew are you using? I use a Fighting Conch to keep my sand stirred up and prevent this from happening. I also have seen it in the lower flow areas of the tank.