gbishop Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Hi, I am a complete beginner to marine fish. My tank is currently two weeks into cycling. Could somebody please advise what is the best action to take if any with this covering of "brown" stuff? All the LR I have is cured and apart from leaving the lights on for 10-12 hrs daily and topping up with RO water, I am not doing anything with it. Thanks in advance Gary Link to comment
Dingo Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Until your tank is done cycling, use a shorter lighting period(3-4 hrs/day). Cycling produces waste in the water that promotes algae. After the tank is done cycling, add a cleanup crew, and that should take care of it. Link to comment
caja Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 The brown stuff is diatoms, normal to a cycling tank and will eventually dissapear. Link to comment
gbishop Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Ok will do, thanks. Link to comment
Physh1 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Do you have any reef books? I'd highly recommend it..it's a great idea for newbies. Cameron Link to comment
gbishop Posted October 11, 2003 Author Share Posted October 11, 2003 Yeah I have one marine book but it doesn't go into detail about types of algae etc.. Link to comment
jasontatro Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Diatoms.... totally normal. Looks exactly the way my tank looked at that age. It will burn itself out. You could add some nassarius snails to stir the sand up a bit. Those little guys crack me up. When I put food in for my perc, they all come crawling out of the sand. It's amazing that they can "smell" the food that quickly. Link to comment
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