diatoms algae

Hello! I'm relatively new to this, but I recently wanted to try and culture my own phytoplankton to use as food for other creatures I want to take care of, as well as run some projects on them. I work at an aquarium, so I went and did a plankton drag to gather some samples and brought them...

Hi everyone, basicly my tanks been running for about 3 months now so im aware its still very early on. Im looking at this browny stuff thats growing all over everything in my tank ive siphoned it off the rocks every week on the water change and siphoned areas of the sand weekly but it just comes...

New tank and semi new to saltwater. Tank has been up for a little more than a month. I knew there would be a diatom bloom that comes with the ugly stage. Have quite a bit of it on the sand. Is this a flow problem? Or do I need to get a sand sifting goby or star to stir up the sand a lil bit or...