diatoms

Ok, my tank has been setup for 6-7 months for this very much could just be "the uglies". This has been going on probably 6 weeks without much sigh of slowing down. Under the scope the move like crazy for 5-10 min and then all die off. It looks like they have two tiny clear tails (sorry my...

i got a 10 gallon aquarium and set it up, after about 2 weeks it has tons of diatoms and some cyano however no signs of a cycle. I read online that adding bio spira and a cuc could help with the algae, at this point I don't expect a real cycle as I've added a bottle of bio spira. Anyways I ended...

i got a 10 gallon aquarium and set it up, after about 2 weeks it has tons of diatoms and some cyano however no signs of a cycle. I read online that adding bio spira and a cuc could help with the algae, at this point I don't expect a real cycle as I've added a bottle of bio spira. Anyways I ended...

i set up a nuvo 10 about 2 weeks ago, I now have lots of brown algae everywhere, I tested the nitrate nitrite and ammonia and all are saying 0. Does this mean I'm done my cycle? Or has it yet to start? I'm unfamiliar with cycling because on my last tank I used bio spira and didn't have a cycle...

All - Over the past two months I've been experiencing a few issues that I cant figure out. Sorry for the lengthy post but want to supply as many details as possible. My tank is a year and a half old. Things have been great with the exception of constant diatoms which I can't seem to get rid of...

I have recently had the emergence of brown algae on my sandbed that has coincided with some other inconsistencies in my 180. All within the past month, I have had: Emergence of Diatoms, mostly on sandbed. darker in some areas, non existent where there is no light (under rock/coral overhangs...

Help, what is this? At first we thought it was either dinoflagellates or diatoms (I do don't have a microscope) as it has a mucilaginous base and thread like appendages. But there are no bubble formations on the ends. And it does not behave as such according to what I have read. It is growing...

Chrysophyta (golden-brown algae) The Chrysophyta are the golden-brown algae and diatoms, which respectively account for 1,100 and 40,000-100,000 species of unicellular algae. These algae occur in both marine and fresh waters, although most species are marine. The cell walls of golden-brown algae...