ID this Algea

[shiver905]

Hi, Need some help Id'ing this algae.

It mostly goes away during the night. Not all tho.

N- 25 - Salifret
P- 0.17 - Hannah
Silicon 0.052 mg/l - ICP
Silicate 0.111 mg/l - ICP
Age:14 months


Working on getting nutriance down. Via media and water changes.

At first sight it looks like diatoms- Not sure if this is the case anymore.
*notice the top of the rocks are getting hit hard.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Turn your whites down, this will help stump growth, turkey baster/pipette use this to create waves to roll up then remove from sand,looks like start of 'uglys'
New aquarium

 

[kevgib67]

How old is your tank? If this is the first uglies, probably diatoms.

 

[shiver905]

14 months

 

[kevgib67]

14 months

Shouldn’t have diatoms unless you are somehow adding silicates to your tank. I’m sure you aren’t using tap water and your ro/di is putting out 0 tds.