Edit! It’s not diatoms… it looks more like fuzzy mold all over the rock. What could that be?
day #7 of fishless cycle with dr tims in my 20 gallon tank. On day 3 I realized I overdosed the ammonium chloride—panicked—did a large water change and then added a little brightwell microbacter start xlm. (I had already purchased it before deciding on dr Tim’s method)
I know I know…I shouldn’t have mixed them. But whatever, too late, I thought I had destroyed my tank with ammonia.
Anyways…
Ammonia has been going down normal since. But my nitrites and nitrates are through the roof. And now I see my rock is over run with a growth of some sort…
What could it be?? Thanks in advance!
20 gallon tank, caribsea live sand, caribsea dry rock
day #7 of fishless cycle with dr tims in my 20 gallon tank. On day 3 I realized I overdosed the ammonium chloride—panicked—did a large water change and then added a little brightwell microbacter start xlm. (I had already purchased it before deciding on dr Tim’s method)
I know I know…I shouldn’t have mixed them. But whatever, too late, I thought I had destroyed my tank with ammonia.
Anyways…
Ammonia has been going down normal since. But my nitrites and nitrates are through the roof. And now I see my rock is over run with a growth of some sort…
What could it be?? Thanks in advance!
20 gallon tank, caribsea live sand, caribsea dry rock
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