Diatoms reforming?

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Not sure if I had dinos at first which I thought were diatoms but if these are diatoms then they are reforming. Does adding more dry rock make diatoms reform? Also it's really only taking off on more of the older rock. Tank is about 1 month and 1 week old.
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Your tank is new and you have dry rock. Ditoms will come and go until the biome is stabilized with an array of different algaes and bacterias.

This is why established live rock is so important early on if you want to avoid things like this.
 
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Your tank is new and you have dry rock. Ditoms will come and go until the biome is stabilized with an array of different algaes and bacterias.

This is why established live rock is so important early on if you want to avoid things like this.
Will 1 piece of live rock be good?
 
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