diatom

Hey all, I might be calling this too soon (as I know stabilizing a new tank takes time) but here goes: Started up a new planted tank running just about 3-4 weeks now. Encountering what looks to be patches of blue-green algae, diatoms, buce transition melt and monte carlo transition melt. The...

Hi, I've got a newly set up tank for about 3 months now. It's a 128 liter (80x40x40) Did a Dark start for about 3 weeks till NO2 peak disappeared. Bought plants and had 'm growing for about4 weeks. The first trim session was already necessary by then. I uprooted about half of the species...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if there are any reasons as to why diatom only happens in a non cycled tank and it doesn’t appear ever again during the life of most aquarium?

Hello, I’m constantly fighting diatom ever since I set up this tank, and its getting worse as time passes Details: 1. Size of tank in litres. - 70 litres 2. Age of the setup. - 54 days 3. Filtration. - Sunsun HW603 and Surface skimmer with 400l/h flowrate each 4. Lighting and duration...

Hello, I have just recently started a night tech planted tank. The tank has now been running for about a month now and I still cant seem to get rid of the brown algae. Does anybody know how long does this kind of algae stays around for? My ammonia and nitrite levels are still up a bit. Does...

my first planted tank...ever

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Hi everyone I have this brown stuff growing on my plants and substrate for the past 1 week. Also I notice this stuff can be wiped away easily from the plants. Can someone confirm if this is indeed diatoms and why I'm getting it after 1 year of having this tank? How do you treat this? Just for...