Diatom algea

[Curtisgabrielii]

So I've had this brown algea (think its diatom ) for 2 weeks now I did a 20% water change on Monday and cleaned my rocks and sand bed and it still looks horrible.

I have a bio cube 32 with 1 trouchus snail , 1 ninja star snail , 1 coral banded shrimp and 2 zoanthid frags.

My question is how to get rid of the diatoms. Algae? Any help?

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Congratulations, your tank is coming to life! :)

It’ll pass on it’s own, this is just one of many phases you will probably experiance.

This has some good info on what to expect as your tank matures.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cycling-no-ammonia-no-nitrite-now-what.396532/

 

[Curtisgabrielii]

Should I add a clean up crew? If so how big of one in a 32 gal bio cube?

 

[Crested]

Should I add a clean up crew? If so how big of one in a 32 gal bio cube?

I would add some, I recently went through the diatoms phase and added 1 throchus, 2 astrea, and 2 cerith snails to my 13 gallon and the diatoms are eaten right as they show up.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is the well known ugly stage and you can periodically vacuum the sediment and diatoms. I used NoPO4 by red sea to help control when I had this stage.
Trochus and nassarius snails should help with cleanup.