Excess Silicates?

[Matthew40b]

Ive been dealing with this diatom outbreak for months now and cant seem to get rid of it. Ive been doing weekly water changes and when I test everything is in check. My tds meter is reading 0 but could there be silicates getting through? I have a 4 stage rodi and change filters regularly. Thank you

 

[Garf]

Ive been dealing with this diatom outbreak for months now and cant seem to get rid of it. Ive been doing weekly water changes and when I test everything is in check. My tds meter is reading 0 but could there be silicates getting through? I have a 4 stage rodi and change filters regularly. Thank you

Wouldn’t worry about it,. Whatever that coral growth is ( presuming a montipora) will starve it of light. Good job man :)

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

If your tds is zero of source input RODI, there should be no silicates in it.

 

[Idech]

It could be from the rocks if it’s new. Do you have a good cuc ? If not just add the snails that eat it. It will eventually go away. In the meantime it’s protecting you from other nuisance like dinos.

 

[Garf]

Lots of us add silicates add as a food source

 

[Idech]

Lots of us add silicates add as a food source

Oh, I didn’t know that. I’ve added so much to fight dinos that I have lots of it. I was thinking about dosing some when it would be gone but I didn’t know it was a thing.

Can you give me an idea of how much you dose, how often and what size tank ?

 

[Swiss Frag Reefer]

@Matthew40b If it is just diatoms it will go away, I wouldn't even touch it. Do you have an Idea about the Nitrate and Phosphate in your tank? How long is you system up and running?

 

[Garf]

Oh, I didn’t know that. I’ve added so much to fight dinos that I have lots of it. I was thinking about dosing some when it would be gone but I didn’t know it was a thing.

Can you give me an idea of how much you dose, how often and what size tank ?

Unfortunately if there were an anti Dino formulae, it would have been published. I’ve not been plagued by this menace. I just add a few drops of silicate here and there, no benefit or detriment proved. Dino’s are natural, just undesirable. There is an element of luck in having a reef tanK.

 

[Lavey29]

My RODI was zero TDS but ICP showed high silicate in my RODI water. This led to constant diatoms in my tank month after month. I switched to a spectrapure DI resin silicate buster filter and now have no silicate residual in my RODI.

 

[taricha]

...or it's not diatoms, and the Si isn't to blame.

 

[Matthew40b]

As I was reading all of your responses and doing some research I realized that I haven't changed the membrane on my rodi in a few years. I dont know how I totally forgot about it I change the rest of the filters on a regular basis, but I am almost positive that it is to blame for this outbreak and some coral are also behaving strange so I ordered that and well wait and see if that fixes my problems. Thank you guys

 

[FIN&BONEZ]

I had silicates getting in with new membrane and filters, doubled up on my di and all gone.