Hey R2R
This one has me kinda stumped. Noticed that I had some sand clumping in the back of my tank. Stuck my hand in there and it was hard to the touch and when moved around looks like clumped litter lol.
I used about 80 lbs of dry sand that was rinsed before putting in the tank. 2-3mm granule sized. Two little fishes coarse sand.
I have 6 tiger conches and dozens of nassarius snails so it’s constantly being turned over.
I did some research and most people had some weird ph/mag/alk. Mine have been in a normal range past 3 months tank has been running.
No cyano or Dino’s but I had a big diatom bloom due to first stage of uglies and a very high count of silica due to di resin being deleted and not noticing when making the initial saltwater for the tank.
Could this be part of the issue? Is it even an issue outside of being ***** looking?
pH 8.1 to 8.3
Mag 1350-1400
Alk 8.4
I dose kalk at night (4L) and AFR (60ml through the day).
This one has me kinda stumped. Noticed that I had some sand clumping in the back of my tank. Stuck my hand in there and it was hard to the touch and when moved around looks like clumped litter lol.
I used about 80 lbs of dry sand that was rinsed before putting in the tank. 2-3mm granule sized. Two little fishes coarse sand.
I have 6 tiger conches and dozens of nassarius snails so it’s constantly being turned over.
I did some research and most people had some weird ph/mag/alk. Mine have been in a normal range past 3 months tank has been running.
No cyano or Dino’s but I had a big diatom bloom due to first stage of uglies and a very high count of silica due to di resin being deleted and not noticing when making the initial saltwater for the tank.
Could this be part of the issue? Is it even an issue outside of being ***** looking?
pH 8.1 to 8.3
Mag 1350-1400
Alk 8.4
I dose kalk at night (4L) and AFR (60ml through the day).