DIATOM question

[boadyboom]

How bad are Diatoms?-- i started with a 20g tank for bout a month it has 20lbs livesand and 10 lbs of bulk sand-- i did the wrong thing using tap water and some of those chemicals to supposedly pull all the bad stuff out but anyways it has 15lbs LR and 2 damsels a 1 turbo=== lots of diatoms till i added the turbo=== guess my question is i bought another set up 36g bowfront with 20lbs LS and 40lbs bulk sand 40lbs LR clarkii clown and condi anemone-- hermits, turbos, and some other snails for cleanup crew--- back to my question

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is it bad to add some of that sand from the tank with diatoms? my new tank is all r/o water.

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would those 2 damsels be bad to put in my display tank-- yellow tail and a black/white strip one-- i plan on adding some more coral and maybe royal gramma, bi color blennie, blue reef chromies or canary fang blenny

 

[bdhough]

i would ditch the black and white strip they get mean. moving the other one is not a problem. as for diatoms youre going to get them no matter what you do so move away.

 

[boadyboom]

hey thanks=====for that info-- kinda weird the striped one always hides real scared like but the yellow tail is always swimming around... they yeloow tails dont get too agressive?

 

[bdhough]

really.... hmm ive heard nothing but bad stories about them. they get rather large and aggressive eventually. you probably wont see that until you add a new fish after hes established in your tank.