ahhh brown stuff on sand and tips of hair algae! go away!

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ITSMANNY

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apparaently iv only been cycling and already things seems to be going bad what is all this brown coloring the sand is getting? and how can i get rid of it?
 
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KoNP

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Re: ahhh brown stuff on sand and tips of hair algae! go away

ITSMANNY said:
apparaently iv only been cycling and already things seems to be going bad what is all this brown coloring the sand is getting? and how can i get rid of it?
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If it's a new tank then the browny-red stuff is a diatom bloom - the same thing just happened to my tank. In a new tank it's a sign that things are moving along nicely, in an established tank it's supposedly not so good.

Tim told me that a few days'll go by and the tank will look even better than before the bloom occurred. Already I've noticed some rather rapidly-expanding purple and green patches on the rock as the algae build some pretty coloured things, so hopefully the same thing will happen to you.
 
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ITSMANNY

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awesome thanks to both of yall for replying ill keep an eye on it and wait it out the tank is already starting to lose its strange rocky smell in the water
 
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uktrish

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Diatom Bloom

Hi,

I too have a newly established tank...one week and 3 days!!! I have live sand and live rock. I have tested the water and everything is as it should be. Yesterday, I too noticed the Diatom bloom. Do I just leave this alone or am I supposed to do something with it??? I was told by someone working at Petco that I should vacuum it out. What's the word from our resident experts?

Thanks for any help you can pass on.
 
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ITSMANNY

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trish my friend i solved the problem with less hours of light and it slowly goes away my blue legged hermits also played a role but the light is wat mostly killed it i have some on the glass but nothing a scrubber cant handle haha
 
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davenia7

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Just ignore it for now. Keep up with your WC's and if it lasts more than 2 weeks, you might not have enough flow. Otherwise, remain calm, it's just doing it's thing. And be prepared for some cyano (red slimey stuff) after that till everything stabilizes. If you see cyano, up your flow to those areas. And leave things alone, other than WC's.
 
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