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Hi All
My tank is 3 months old. 75gal display, with 4 fish and about 12 snails (plus one conch snail).
I know we are in for the ugly stage, but wondering if this amount is normal and if its good ol diatoms, or cyano? Blows off sand bed easily. Covering almost entire sand bed, and comes back withing 1-2 days after vacuuming sand.
Parameters are:
Alk @ 7.3
PH @ 8.4
Phosphates @ 0 (has not ever gone up, and know it shouldn't be that low but not sure how to fix)
Nitrates @ 8
I'm willing to be patient if its normal but don't want to be dismissive if something else is going on.
TY
My tank is 3 months old. 75gal display, with 4 fish and about 12 snails (plus one conch snail).
I know we are in for the ugly stage, but wondering if this amount is normal and if its good ol diatoms, or cyano? Blows off sand bed easily. Covering almost entire sand bed, and comes back withing 1-2 days after vacuuming sand.
Parameters are:
Alk @ 7.3
PH @ 8.4
Phosphates @ 0 (has not ever gone up, and know it shouldn't be that low but not sure how to fix)
Nitrates @ 8
I'm willing to be patient if its normal but don't want to be dismissive if something else is going on.
TY