I have a 55 gallon tank with 2 clown fish and a hang on refugium.
After about 6 weeks I got the usual brown diatom cover on gravel and rocks. Nothing too serious. I reduced the light to about 3 hours a day and then pretty well the diatoms started diminishing.
They were almost gone, and then they were completely gone and the tank is now cloudy, whitish.
Looking in the sump, there is a ton of deposits on the bottom, brownish white. I presume this is the dead diatoms.
I will vacuum them out. I have not seen this before so I was wondering if this is a common occurrence?
Nh3 0, no3 p, phosphate 0.00
Thanks.
After about 6 weeks I got the usual brown diatom cover on gravel and rocks. Nothing too serious. I reduced the light to about 3 hours a day and then pretty well the diatoms started diminishing.
They were almost gone, and then they were completely gone and the tank is now cloudy, whitish.
Looking in the sump, there is a ton of deposits on the bottom, brownish white. I presume this is the dead diatoms.
I will vacuum them out. I have not seen this before so I was wondering if this is a common occurrence?
Nh3 0, no3 p, phosphate 0.00
Thanks.