new tank uglies

Hello to all! I am going through the new tank uglies and I need help knowing if I should let the uglies take its course or if I should intervene by manually cleaning the tank as many times as possible. I have attached a picture in white light. I have noticed that the nuissance stays very short...

Howdy! This being my first reef tank, I have been dealing with what looks like diatoms for some time (new tank, 17 weeks since start of cycling). I would estimate it started around 7-8 weeks ago, and has pretty much persisted daily. My question is, how long can I expect to be dealing with this...

Is this something I should be worried about or just part of the ugly stages? Looks to me like diatoms.

Hello fellow saltines, My tank is going on about 3 months old and now I have what appears to be something red on the sand, glass and is starting on my rock (note: the rock is the CaribSea LifeRock, the purple colored type). I have just this single rock, live sand, a hi Fin goby and a pistol...

Hello to anyone who's here (and thank you for reading)! I think I've encountered my first issue with my reef tank, which is whether I've got dinos, diatoms, cyano, and hair algae - or maybe all four of them at the same time. I don't have a microscope on hand so I'm aware that the best ID I can...

Now entering: the first diatom bloom. Also the glass is a little cloudy because I spilled saltwater on it and havent cleaned it off with vinegar yet. So far this has been up and running for two and a half weeks I think? I haven't done any water changes and have been topping off with freshwater...

Hi All, Its been 40 days since starting my cucling. Used traditional Shrimp method for ammonia source and used Aquaforest BIO S for bacteria colonizing , As on continous monitoring there are brown algae formed on the rocks and the glass . I am confused is this diatoms that come when the nitrate...

Hey guys so i am currently going through a real bad Diatoms bloom (THE UGLYIES). I need help to decide what kind of CUC to add. I currently have 15 hermits 1 cleaner shrimp 2 emerald crabs. I need something that eats the diatoms ? snails? and possibly a sand sifter of some kind ? my sand...

Should I be taking any action, or just letting it ride? Tank is about 2 months post-cycle. Finally turned on the lights...I suspect I had the white lights on too long (about 8 hours), but reduced to about 3hrs at 50% with remaining time at blues. A couple days after the lights turned on, a...

Well I came home to this three days ago! Water is cloudier now. All parameters are ideal. Ammonia 0 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Kinda stumped? Hammer coral won't open. Fish are fine. Bacterial bloom? New tank uglies? Total stock Hammer coral Clownfish Scooter blenny Cuc