Hey everyone,
I am new to the hobby and I needed a little help with something I've noticed in my tank. For the past few days I've been noticing a buildup of what I thought was algae on my dry rock. Today I noticed it looked darker and grey. I haven't heard of any type of grey algae and it occurred to me to try to blow it off with a turkey baster, which I did. I noticed that small particles that were being blown away from the rock and when I was done my water looked slightly murky. It basically looked like "dust" had settled on the rocks.
I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank with about 30 lbs. of sand and 40 lbs. of dry (white) rock. I followed my lfs's advice and am running 2 HOB aquaclear 70 filters, one with the basic items that came with the filters and the other with calcium reactor media they suggested I use (still don't know what it's for but they suggested I just leave it there). I have one koralia powerhead facing towards the surface.
The tank has been running for about a month and has been cycled for about 2 weeks. I am just now starting to see what I think are diatoms. I have one cleaner shrimp, one peppermint shrimp, and one coral banded shrimp, and I've switched to feeding them about a third of a cube of brine shrimp per day.
I have added pictures if it helps. If anyone could help me figure out what this "dust" is that settled on my rocks it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I am new to the hobby and I needed a little help with something I've noticed in my tank. For the past few days I've been noticing a buildup of what I thought was algae on my dry rock. Today I noticed it looked darker and grey. I haven't heard of any type of grey algae and it occurred to me to try to blow it off with a turkey baster, which I did. I noticed that small particles that were being blown away from the rock and when I was done my water looked slightly murky. It basically looked like "dust" had settled on the rocks.
I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank with about 30 lbs. of sand and 40 lbs. of dry (white) rock. I followed my lfs's advice and am running 2 HOB aquaclear 70 filters, one with the basic items that came with the filters and the other with calcium reactor media they suggested I use (still don't know what it's for but they suggested I just leave it there). I have one koralia powerhead facing towards the surface.
The tank has been running for about a month and has been cycled for about 2 weeks. I am just now starting to see what I think are diatoms. I have one cleaner shrimp, one peppermint shrimp, and one coral banded shrimp, and I've switched to feeding them about a third of a cube of brine shrimp per day.
I have added pictures if it helps. If anyone could help me figure out what this "dust" is that settled on my rocks it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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