help!

[stephensturman]

what is this stuff? is this diatom? is it always this bad? are my fish going to be ok what do i need to do to get rid of it? help any input is appreciated!!!!

thanks

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[Reef-o-Roni]

diatoms,next comes the hair algea.Change some water.:)

[cpagego]

Every new tank gets it. Keep your nitrates down. As the tank stabilizes and your de-nitrifying bacteria proliferate and you do your water changes, skim, keep your feeding down etc etc it will start to disappear.

[michaelaz]

do a 10% water change and watch your feeding. It will go away, get a small clean up crew of some hermit crabs,some snails

[stephensturman]

i got all of that for my clean up crew! thanks guys!

[Reef-o-Roni]

I'd still wait a few weeks to put anything else in your tank.IMO

[stephensturman]

ok but for now everything will be fine as long as i keep everything in line? all of my test are perfect! and at 0

[a&cbowman]

I had that like crazy when my tank was new too! what i did that got rid of it was first i did a 30% water change, then i tried to collect as much of it as i could with my hands, that i turned my lights from being on 10 hours a day to 6 hours a day, and added two more pumps for more flow, after about two weeks it was gone, and then i increased my lighting up to 8 hours. i havent had any of that since. its very ugly and i hate that stuff with a passion! good luck getting rid of it.
Chris

[stephensturman]

thanks alot chris!

[azhockeynut]

cut down on lighting by an hour or two, skip a feeding here and there, change water, 20-30% this weekend. Definately wait a little while before adding anything else. It will go away as the nutirents go.

[stephensturman]

ok i changed 5 gallons in a 28 gal tank and i am going to cut down on feeding and lighting! thanks alot everyone!