Can diatom bloom hurts my plants?

zachjohnson65

zachjohnson65

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Ok so my newer planted 10g has a diatom bloom and it is starting to cover the gravel, glass and the plant leaves. I have moneywort and swords in there now. Can the diatoms hurt my growth rate. This tank seems to always have a diatom bloom. Can it be that it is a cheap walmart tank. (Maybe higher amount of silica?) I heard some snails like diatoms, if so are there any that do not reproduce with out a mate. I hate the cone snails!!!
This is my first planted tank.
 
"cone" snails or mts are the BEST for your planted tank..learn to love them if they start to over run your tank ship them out to people here or sell them like some do on aquabid.com as for diatom blooms hurting growth rate I've heard it does but I personally have never experienced one so I cant speak on experience
 
Diatoms are common in new tanks they usually disappears after a few months, ottos are great diatom eaters. If it is covering the plants it will block the light so it would restrict growth. Nerite snails are excellent (most wont breed in freshwater), They lay hard white eggs on wood that are not so nice and are very hard to remove.
 
So should i continue to add some plants or wait a month or two till my diatoms lessen?

Sorab in response to "Nerite snails are excellent, They lay hard white eggs on wood" Do they need wood substrate to breed or can they lay them anywhere. I'm planning on no wood in the tank.
 
so i guess the micro baby tears i was planning on is considered "grass"?
 
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