everything Brown!! even water

jsgreer1

jsgreer1

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ok well i started getting brown stuff on my sand a week ago and ppl told me it was something i cant remember and it would go away...i have a 4 week old tank and now my water is starting to turn brown what can i do?
 
jsgreer1

jsgreer1

Member
well ive been using tap water....and no i dont have phosphate test kit...i think im gonna take everything out of my tank and start completely from scratch this is crap ive worked and worked and worked to get this right and cant.
 
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oreo12

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Did you use tap water? I had a simler problem water changes with ro water took care of it all.
 
jsgreer1

jsgreer1

Member
with the brown crap everywhere? and now my tank looks like its been sitting in a room by itself with no one around to take care of it for a month. you think if i use ro/di water to do a change it will get better? what is ro water?
 
ophiura

ophiura

Active Member
Originally Posted by jsgreer1
well ive been using tap water....and no i dont have phosphate test kit...i think im gonna take everything out of my tank and start completely from scratch this is crap ive worked and worked and worked to get this right and cant.
It is important to find the source of this. starting over may not be the right answer if you are just starting over with the same source of this problem. I would encourage you to dig a bit deeper into this, rather than starting over.
I suspect your problem may be your tap water. Switch to RO.
 
starskimac

starskimac

New Member
This sounds may just be the natural transition from brown to green algaes to me, though a pic would be beneficial in determining.
 
jsgreer1

jsgreer1

Member
here is a pic of the tank. the fingerprints are my daughters couldnt see them until i took the pic. the water is a lot browner than it looks. any ideas?
 
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jedita

Guest
Thats normal for new tanks, It will dissapear. Keep up with the water changes..
 
cain420

cain420

Active Member
how bout some live rock?? it is recommended to have 1lb per gallon... 2lbs per gallon being best..
 
jsgreer1

jsgreer1

Member
yes im planning on getting both soon. ill probably get the live rock first...my lfs doesnt carry snails and the such so ill have to get them online. if anyone knows some good sites please email them to [{edit}
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Out of respect to the owner and operator of this site, please do not request links to other stores, thanks.
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Normal, maybe... but I'd stop using the tap water. Get a clean water source for all future top offs and water changes.
As far as good snails... a verity is always best IMO. The only snail I do not like is the turbo snail.
 
aredmon

aredmon

Member
I have the same brown problem. I have 2 tanks and one has alot of brown stuff and the other doesn't have a whole bunch. the only difference is one has a queen conch and the other doesn't. I swear by this. i actualy see my conch eating the stuff nothing else will touch. Now this is my personal opinion others may disagree but in my experience it helped. Beware conches get big.
 
alyssia

alyssia

Active Member
Originally Posted by ReefNut
Normal, maybe... but I'd stop using the tap water. Get a clean water source for all future top offs and water changes.
As far as good snails... a verity is always best IMO. The only snail I do not like is the turbo snail.

Why is it that you don't like turbos?
 
aredmon

aredmon

Member
Oh and I went on vacation and the light was off in my tank for 2 days. I also put stuff called phos-ban in my filter. But after 2 days with the stuff having no light it was 95% gone. And my tank was covered in it.
 
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