Hi guys
My 36 gallon Nano has been running since November of last year.
In February 2016 I replaced my black sand with the Natures Ocean White Live Sand.
In March I noticed some brown diatoms on sandbed. I didn't think nothing of it. Did a water change and siphoned sandbed. It's kind of like a layer that I can easily scoop off the top of sandbed , but this keeps coming back week after week. I run purigen , phosguard and a skimmer . I never had diatoms that last this long on previous tanks . I run maxspect LEDs on 75 percent , I use RODI water of course . I've heard it just could be silicates . I'm not sure. Do diatoms last 3 months ?
I'm going to try an attach a video or picture
Thanks
Steve
My 36 gallon Nano has been running since November of last year.
In February 2016 I replaced my black sand with the Natures Ocean White Live Sand.
In March I noticed some brown diatoms on sandbed. I didn't think nothing of it. Did a water change and siphoned sandbed. It's kind of like a layer that I can easily scoop off the top of sandbed , but this keeps coming back week after week. I run purigen , phosguard and a skimmer . I never had diatoms that last this long on previous tanks . I run maxspect LEDs on 75 percent , I use RODI water of course . I've heard it just could be silicates . I'm not sure. Do diatoms last 3 months ?
I'm going to try an attach a video or picture
Thanks
Steve