I have had two clownfish in my tank for ~2 weeks now and today I noticed some orange-looking circles appear on the rocks, and possibly a bit of orange stuff on the sand. Someone on my original tank thread said looks like dino's, was hoping to hear it was diatoms so I could go snag some hermit crabs.
So now I'm a bit on the worried side. After looking into what Dinos meant I realized I have had two phosphate removing pads in my canister filter since day one and am worried I made a problem. I am planning to remove those pads tonight. What should I do from there? I do have a quarantine tank setup as I had planned to get a new fish tomorrow, I could move my clownfish in there and go a week or two with no lights and no food in the tank. I could also be overreacting lol.
Any help/ideas are welcome and appreciated!
Also forgot to mention, the test strip seems to show no nitrite/nitrates and ammonia is still at 0-5ppm. I assume phosphates are at or near 0 due to the pads in the filter.
So now I'm a bit on the worried side. After looking into what Dinos meant I realized I have had two phosphate removing pads in my canister filter since day one and am worried I made a problem. I am planning to remove those pads tonight. What should I do from there? I do have a quarantine tank setup as I had planned to get a new fish tomorrow, I could move my clownfish in there and go a week or two with no lights and no food in the tank. I could also be overreacting lol.
Any help/ideas are welcome and appreciated!
Also forgot to mention, the test strip seems to show no nitrite/nitrates and ammonia is still at 0-5ppm. I assume phosphates are at or near 0 due to the pads in the filter.