diatoms in cycle

pottsburg · 03/17/2007, 01:34 PM

They came like crazy, stopped, and for the most part went away except for the dead spots of the tank, should I throw in a cleanup crew, and what's best for this?

hmello@bermexin · 03/17/2007, 01:38 PM

More info needed. What are your water parameters with readings not just okay please. How long has the tank been up? How big? LR how much?

drummereef · 03/17/2007, 01:40 PM

I would only add a cleanup crew after the cycle is totally done. 0's across the board.

pottsburg · 03/17/2007, 05:18 PM

Okay. It's a 46 bowfront with a coralife HOB skimmer (for up to 65gallons) on it and I just put in 25lbs of live rock that has some coraline on it and another 20lbs of base rock. It's got a 600gph "powerhead" keeping the flow up until I use it for my refugium I'm building, so there is still good flow. I guess I'm going to buy a test kit this weekend, is there anything WRONG about the petsmart Saltwater Master test kits??

hmello@bermexin · 03/17/2007, 07:20 PM

Don't know never used one. People on the site really talk highly of Salifert. Pretty expensive from what I have seen. I am using the Instant Ocean Ocean Master Kit. Seems okay. I have my readings verified by the LFS once in a while.

03/17/2007, 01:34 PM	#1
pottsburg Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 179	diatoms in cycle They came like crazy, stopped, and for the most part went away except for the dead spots of the tank, should I throw in a cleanup crew, and what's best for this?

03/17/2007, 01:38 PM	#2
hmello@bermexin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205	More info needed. What are your water parameters with readings not just okay please. How long has the tank been up? How big? LR how much? __________________ Henry Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known. Current Tank Info: 29g BioCube, AI SOL 12" Super Blue

03/17/2007, 01:40 PM	#3
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	I would only add a cleanup crew after the cycle is totally done. 0's across the board. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

03/17/2007, 05:18 PM	#4
pottsburg Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 179	Okay. It's a 46 bowfront with a coralife HOB skimmer (for up to 65gallons) on it and I just put in 25lbs of live rock that has some coraline on it and another 20lbs of base rock. It's got a 600gph "powerhead" keeping the flow up until I use it for my refugium I'm building, so there is still good flow. I guess I'm going to buy a test kit this weekend, is there anything WRONG about the petsmart Saltwater Master test kits?? __________________ "All thinking men are atheists." Ernest Hemingway Current Tank Info: 20L with 20lbs of LR, 20lbs of sand, 192watts of PC lighting.

03/17/2007, 07:20 PM	#5
hmello@bermexin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205	Don't know never used one. People on the site really talk highly of Salifert. Pretty expensive from what I have seen. I am using the Instant Ocean Ocean Master Kit. Seems okay. I have my readings verified by the LFS once in a while. __________________ Henry Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known. Current Tank Info: 29g BioCube, AI SOL 12" Super Blue