I'm having issues with diatoms as the reboots is only 30 days old. I know everybody says new tanks get diatoms but in my case how is this growing on my sound bed?
First off I thought it was from high silicates in the water but we ordered a kit and tested yesterday and we have very very low silicates in the aquarium and our RODI is showing zero.
Our nutrients were about 15 nitrate and we're actually adding Neophos to keep the phosphates elevated above zero.
Now fast forward to today and our nitrate is sitting at 6.8 and phosphate at .023-.034
I siphoned off the top layer of the sand bed and it stayed pristine for 2 days and then it started to show signs of it coming back and I'm not sure what is fueling it.
Any ideas?
First off I thought it was from high silicates in the water but we ordered a kit and tested yesterday and we have very very low silicates in the aquarium and our RODI is showing zero.
Our nutrients were about 15 nitrate and we're actually adding Neophos to keep the phosphates elevated above zero.
Now fast forward to today and our nitrate is sitting at 6.8 and phosphate at .023-.034
I siphoned off the top layer of the sand bed and it stayed pristine for 2 days and then it started to show signs of it coming back and I'm not sure what is fueling it.
Any ideas?