Clownfish king Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 At the moment I have a diatom problem (new tank) and have an astrea eating it but not fast enough. I also scrub at it with a tooth brush for my aquariums. I checked my levels and everything is fine. So I just want to know what inverts will help with this problem? Also no I am not over feedin because I feed my clown twice a day and he eats it all (small portions because no other fish in it yet) and what ever is left goes to my jumbo nassarius. Quote Link to comment
Cannedfish Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Feed less, vacuum sand, water change, patience. 3 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 In addition to Astraea snails, Trochus, Nerite, Dwarf Cerith snails are common diatom eaters (as well as others). However, diatoms will consume the available silica and eventually die out on their own, so little is needed to control diatoms long-term. As Cannedfish suggested, you can vacuum them out too. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 They will go away on their own,its part of the cycle. No need to rush it,just let it do its thing. Quote Link to comment
FISHnChix Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Turbo snail will mow through those diatoms on the rocks. It's pretty awesome to watch them work on it.. Like everyone else said this will be gone as soon as the silicates are taken up.. made me think the last time I started a tank. I was wondering if I cleaned the diatoms less would they go away quicker bc they are consuming silcates 🤔🤔🤔 Quote Link to comment
Pslreefer Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 You have a new tank, diatoms are expected and will go away in their own. 2 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 7:46 AM, Clownfish king said: I checked my levels and everything is fine. ...you say based on what? 😉 Can you post all your most recent test results? Especially no3 and po4. A brief history on the tank and how it's set up and running as well as some photos of the tank and algae would all be helpful. Quote Link to comment
Clownfish king Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 I’m not good at this but 0.001ppm for nitrates and phosphate Quote Link to comment
DISQUALIFIED-QQ Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 You could get trochus snails. How new is this tank? 1 Quote Link to comment
hinnenkm Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Conchs work really well for diatoms (tiger sand conchs). 1 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Clownfish king said: I’m not good at this but 0.001ppm for nitrates and phosphate Very close to zero, or possibly even actually zero when we consider accuracy and precision. Not helpful in a brand new tank where demand for dissolved nutrients should be pretty high. If you accidentally stop green algae from blooming due to lack of resources, you might also prompt a dinoflagellate bloom....which is like a diatom bloom that never goes away. Reverse course on the zero-nutrients....remove any extra filtration that you can for starters....if you can, feed a little more. Try not to overfeed though...waste food in the system doesn't really help anything. 1 Quote Link to comment
Clownfish king Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 6/2/2020 at 8:22 AM, Diamonds x Pearls said: You could get trochus snails. How new is this tank? Not including cycling about 4 months maybe Quote Link to comment
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