Dweezilz
Active Member
So I'm just coming out of battling with dinos (SCA) by using silicates and causing all sorts of diatom blooms. So far it totally worked! This also came along with tons of Cyano (purple/red) and GHA. I'm letting those run their course. I have lost 3 fish during the 2 month process but I think it's due to poor oxygen (powerhead was broken and didn't realize it), maybe the toxins, and bad water conditions from not doing water changes during the fight. My params are very good but I'm doing an ICP soon just to see how it all is doing. I have a FOWLR 65g.
In the last few days, I've developed little quarter inch irregular areas on the sand that are white and sort of translucent in the middle of cyano areas and diatoms. It looks almost like a fungal growth of some sort and is sort of goopy looking. Sucking it up with a turkey baster isn't easy as it breaks up and mixes together with cyano and I can't get a microscope shot of just the white. I see nothing under scope that looks out of place. Diatoms, Cyano, weird cellular creatures some of which are a bit white looking or clear.
The samples I take really smells bad although the water anywhere else smells fine. It's sort of like rotten/gross ocean 'stuff' which I know doesn't really describe it well. I can't place it. It's not rotten eggs but more like rotten sea plants. Here are some photos. Any ideas what this nasty stuff is? It seems to come back after I siphon it out. It's often at the bottom edges of the rocks so maybe food is collecting there and rotting?? I'm not sure but I've never had it before. Thanks everyone!
In the last few days, I've developed little quarter inch irregular areas on the sand that are white and sort of translucent in the middle of cyano areas and diatoms. It looks almost like a fungal growth of some sort and is sort of goopy looking. Sucking it up with a turkey baster isn't easy as it breaks up and mixes together with cyano and I can't get a microscope shot of just the white. I see nothing under scope that looks out of place. Diatoms, Cyano, weird cellular creatures some of which are a bit white looking or clear.
The samples I take really smells bad although the water anywhere else smells fine. It's sort of like rotten/gross ocean 'stuff' which I know doesn't really describe it well. I can't place it. It's not rotten eggs but more like rotten sea plants. Here are some photos. Any ideas what this nasty stuff is? It seems to come back after I siphon it out. It's often at the bottom edges of the rocks so maybe food is collecting there and rotting?? I'm not sure but I've never had it before. Thanks everyone!
