2nd diatom bloom??

[clowntank]

I've had my 14 g biocube set up for a little over a month now. It wen t through a diatom bloom weeks ago, but now it seems to be happening again??
Yesterday I noticed a small concentrated patch of brown on the sand..and today it has gotten larger. What is this?

 

[yote]

Could be diatoms.But could also be cyano.
We'd need a pic to make a positive ID.

 

[clowntank]

Is cyano bad? :( lol

 

[yote]

Cyano is like hair algae.

 

[stagofdoom]

cyano is not fun.

Is it a reddish brown and slime looking. if so its cyano.

 

[clowntank]

Yea it's kind of reddish... it got knocked by one of my snails and was slimy..
What can I do about it?

 

[dustin_P74]

increase the flow is a good starting point

 

[yote]

Manually remove as much as you can.Step up your water changes.Run some phosphate remover.Leave the lights off for 3 or 4 days.

 

[Piggy]

All the above have you covered. Are you feeding your tank if so what and how much?

 

[stagofdoom]

Manually remove as much as you can.Step up your water changes.Run some phosphate remover.Leave the lights off for 3 or 4 days.

Thats what I did and its gone from my tank.

It will take some time to get it to go away but it will. Its a battle, and not a fun one at that.