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[Crowned_Sock]

I don’t have CUC yet, I have 2 clownfish, and I am on my second day of Maracyn. I will be able to visit the fish store this weekend.

 

[Tahoe61]

Likely Diatoms, which typically show up 1st.

 

[Crowned_Sock]

Likely Diatoms, which typically show up 1st.

Should I just let it run its course? I will be able to consult about CUC soon but what I’ve come up with in the last 2 months or so is this, will it suffice:
3 Cerith Snails
3 Nassarius Snails
3 Trochus Snails
2 Scarlet Reef Hermits
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

(My tank is 29 gallons and will have a royal gramma and a watchman-pistol shrimp pair in the future)

 

[Tahoe61]

Should I just let it run its course? I will be able to consult about CUC soon but what I’ve come up with in the last 2 months or so is this, will it suffice:
3 Cerith Snails
3 Nassarius Snails
3 Trochus Snails
2 Scarlet Reef Hermits
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

(My tank is 29 gallons and will have a royal gramma and a watchman-pistol shrimp pair in the future)

Diatoms are inevitable in the vast majority of new tanks, they will resolve without intervention.
I would test out a couple snails and hermits prior to adding the cleaner shrimp.
Why are you treating the tank?

Congratulations on your new tank.

 

[Crowned_Sock]

Diatoms are inevitable in the vast majority of new tanks, they will resolve without intervention.
I would test out a couple snails and hermits prior to adding the cleaner shrimp.
Why are you treating the tank?

Congratulations on your new tank.

I will definitely try some snails and hermits! I’m eager to get more in my tank.
I’m treating it because one of my fish has something forming over its eye, I posted about it in a different thread, and both people on the forum and store employees said I should get Maracyn. That’s what I thought about cleaner shrimp though, just wait a while longer. Managing soft corals with them will be an interesting challenge though…

 

[Mebbid]

One of the main eaters of diatoms is copepods, have you added a source of them into your tank?

 

[Crowned_Sock]

One of the main eaters of diatoms is copepods, have you added a source of them into your tank?

If Copepods are visible (which I believe they are) then I have almost none because I can’t find any. Would a source be wet live rock? Or do you think I could buy some kind of bottle of them from somewhere? Also if I did get live rock and I put it in the tank with my clowns, it won’t affect them, right?

 

[Mebbid]

Wet live rock would be a source, yes. A small amount Tampa bay saltwater live sand would also likely seed them in the tank and probably give fewer issues. Or you can add a bottle of pods.