plantedAlex Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 can't seem to get these diatoms off my java fern and anubias? dosing easy green per instructions and now i lowered lights to lowest setting and going from 8 hrs of light to 6. will this help? is there anything else i can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateGoldfish Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 As your tank seasons/ages it will likely go away, but you can add a nerite snail or two and they will devour it. ps beautiful tank! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I consider diatom a right of passage for aquariums. It’s a normal phase that usually goes away on its own. I pull the plants I can during this phase and wipe them off with a pepper towel to keep them healthy but that is unnecessary. If you wipe it off in the tank it will simply resettle on something else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Can you let us know some additional info on the tank? 1. how old is the tank? 2. what's your pH, gh, kh, tds? 3. what's the substrate? where did the rocks get sourced from? Diatoms can happen early in a setup but if they are recurring later it is because of the presence of silica. All of my questions are geared to sourcing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTunaCartel Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) I've had a massive diatom outbreak the last month. @Guppysnail has helped me massively. The last five days I've been doing lots of cleanings including stirring the tank and letting the sponge on the power head and non sponged aquaclear 50 with lots of floss to suck up the diatoms that are floating in the water column. I also got a uv filter and letting that suck up some of the diatoms. It's been a challenge but it's been working. There are several issues I think I have but I think this is the way to do it. Today I also got a large aco net, I stir up the tank and put the net so it collects a lot of the diatom mats that have been stuck on the substrate. Edited December 18, 2021 by HotTunaCartel It's 5 o'clock somewhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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