Dinos or Diatoms I can’t get rid of it?

[randyreef93]

This is driving me insane, I do regular water changes, I’ve even done the 3 day black out and this is not going away, the tank set up is approx 3-4 months old….

This is so unsightly….

 

[Mwatts12]

Everyone’s going to give you a list of tasks for this. Most will not work and just be a quick bandaid.

But I promise. Leave it alone give it a while and it will go away naturally. Stop water changes for a while also.

The more you tinker the longer you’ll have it.

 

[randyreef93]

Everyone’s going to give you a list of tasks for this. Most will not work and just be a quick bandaid.

But I promise. Leave it alone give it a while and it will go away naturally. Stop water changes for a while also.

The more you tinker the longer you’ll have it.

Thank you so if I don’t do water changes it’s going to get worse right lol? It’s awful I hate it!

 

[Mwatts12]

I personally would stop water changes. Let the tank completely do its own thing.

 

[TokenReefer]

I agree with this ^. When I started I thought wc's were the ticket. Over time and many wc's things did clear up but I've come to believe it wasn't the wc's. It was simply "time". Enough for nutrients to get to a higher level. Without nutrients, only that type of algae (dinos) will grow as they can use trace elements in the absence of no3 or po4. Dosing those directly might speed things up but careful not to overdo it. Truthfully tho if overdoing it caused a gha outbreak I'd welcome that as it takes a few minutes to fix that by hand and your in a better place growing gha than dinos... Imho