Help!! IDK what this is and have no idea of how to fight it.

[Aaron88]

Attached is a photo.

Tank info;
65g tank with LPS Softies Leather Clam 10 fish and a mushroom.

NO3- 5
NO2/NH4- 0
NO2- 0
DKH- 10.1
pH- 8.4

CA- 420
Mg- 1460

Temp 77 - 78

 

[ihavecrabs]

Hey Aaron, can you take a picture with white light instead of the blues? It is hard to tell what you are concerned about.

At first glace, I didn't see anything on the rocks or sand I would be overly concerned with.

It would be helpful to know how long the tank has been up for and what your phosphate measurement is currently.

 

[sundog101]

That would be a little bit of diatoms. I wouldn’t worry about it

 

[Aaron88]

 

[Aaron88]

My main issue is every day when I come home from work my sand is brown and so is my glass.

And I’m going on back in 2 months and I wanna make sure this stuff isn’t gonna take over my tank.

I also dose 9mL of RedSea NO3O4-X

And I have no way of testing my Phosphate

 

[ihavecrabs]

This is normal for the age of the tank. Like what @sundog101 said, I wouldn't do anything as a reaction to the diatoms. They'll go away on their own.

For the record, I would not dose NO3 without knowing what my PO4 is. Unless you only plan on growing softies.

 

[Aaron88]

My main issue is every day when I come home from work my sand is brown and so is my glass.

And I’m going on back in 2 months and I wanna make sure this stuff isn’t gonna take over my tank.

I also dose 9mL of RedSea NO3O4-X

And I have no way of testing my Phosphate

Only Softies and LPS. I read an article about sponges helping taking some of there nutrients away. And one know anything about this?

 

[ihavecrabs]

I wouldn't expect there to be a significant nutrient drop in our aquariums from sponges.

 

[mcarroll]

I also dose 9mL of RedSea NO3O4-X

Ack....carbon dosing in a new tank. Stop ASAP....yesterday, if possible.

And I have no way of testing my Phosphate

Double ACK! Don't go messing with nutrients if you can't even test for them.

#reefsquad don't we have a startup guide that mentions the phases of a new tank and what to expect?

Thought I'd seen it posted but can't find it right now...

 

[Crabs McJones]

Ack....carbon dosing in a new tank. Stop ASAP....yesterday, if possible.



Double ACK! Don't go messing with nutrients if you can't even test for them.

#reefsquad don't we have a startup guide that mentions the phases of a new tank and what to expect?

Thought I'd seen it posted but can't find it right now...

It's part of revhtrees ultimate guide to setting up a saltwater tank

 

[mcarroll]

It's part of revhtrees ultimate guide to setting up a saltwater tank

That's it!!

Thanks!

 

[mcarroll]

Th article isn't hyperlinked so I can't take you to the section directly, but check out the linked article above starting with the end of Section 4 and (mostly) Section 5.

 

[Aaron88]

Attached is a photo.

Tank info;
65g tank with LPS Softies Leather Clam 10 fish and a mushroom.

NO3- 5
PO4- .5
NO2/NH4- 0
NO2- 0
DKH- 10.1
pH- 8.4

CA- 420
Mg- 1460

Temp 77 - 78