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My snails and hermits love itAgree and IMO diatoms are the least to worry about compared to other nuisances that could come out of no where even in low nutrient systems like cyano, bryopsis, and dinos. Normally its watch your source water and wait. I feel diatoms are important to our tanks.
1/4 cup water, 2.25 teaspoons active dry yeast, .5 teaspoons sugar. Water temp 73F.
Left is rodi and right is saltwater from tank. 20 minutes in.
That's in straight saltwater from the tank? Apparently the salt isn't inhibiting the yeast growth . So...are people mixing up the yeast first and then adding it to the tank (like how we used to feed fry in freshwater) or just adding dry yeast to the sump, or what??
I've not seen anyone test it, and I can't really see a reason to want to do it.
Do you have a diatom issue?
Thats not diatoms. Yeast is anecdotal in my opinion. Get your cheato going and invest in a clean up crew.Yes, I believe I do. I have this brown algae of sorts. It doesn't bubble up like diatoms as I think of them but it sorta looks like diatoms. The funny thing is this brown stuff doesn't grow on the sand, only on the rocks. Here's a picture for reference.
Tank is 5 months old and I've already refinanced my home trying to keep up with the cost of replacing GFO. PO4 is hovering around 0.20 even with carbon dosing and NO3 at around 5. The problems started soon after I introduced a Scarus Quoyi dwarf parrot fish. Love this little guy but he poops like there's no tomorrow! Just ordered a Pax-Bellum Arid N24 reactor in hopes that it will pull the PO4 down and keep it there for good.
I am trying the yeast trick out since it only takes a week and some people claim it worked for them.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thats not diatoms. Yeast is anecdotal in my opinion. Get your cheato going and invest in a clean up crew.
I would like to say yes but I'm leaning towards lyngbya. Its a form of cyanobacteria. Manual removal is best. I would focus on siphoning the sandbed, 20% water change, gac and getting the macro algae growing. Its nothing of serious concern but getting that initial cleaning and letting the tank settle should help a lot. Don't try to reduce nutrients to zero readings rather focusing on manual removal is key.Can’t wait until that cheato reactor shows up. It’s in transit with UPS now. I have about 6 snails so I will up their number.
I know the picture isn’t that good but do you think this is just ordinary brown algae?
I would like to say yes but I'm leaning towards lyngbya. Its a form of cyanobacteria. Manual removal is best. I would focus on siphoning the sandbed, 20% water change, gac and getting the macro algae growing. Its nothing of serious concern but getting that initial cleaning and letting the tank settle should help a lot. Don't try to reduce nutrients to zero readings rather focusing on manual removal is key.
Snails eat diatoms.Anyone besides @Vivid Aquariums attempt this?
Snails eat diatoms.