These are diatoms, right?

[jthomas0385]

I have all of this stuff covering my 6 week old tank. I'm almost positive it's diatoms, but just wanted to be sure. Here are a couple pictures:

 

[lil.guppy]

Glowing Aliens!!!!!

 

[veni vidi vici]

Its looks like some kind of algae bloom .im not sure its diatoms though.Is it just on the glass or does it cover everything?

 

[jthomas0385]

Glass, sand, and LR.

 

[veni vidi vici]

Originally Posted by JThomas0385
http:///forum/post/2909793
Glass, sand, and LR.
Thats probably what it is then.Have your CUC in yet?

 

[jthomas0385]

No not yet, I'm at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 20 nitrate. I was going to wait until my nitrates were at 0 but would it be okay to add some CUC now?

 

[veni vidi vici]

Originally Posted by JThomas0385
http:///forum/post/2909822
No not yet, I'm at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 20 nitrate. I was going to wait until my nitrates were at 0 but would it be okay to add some CUC now?
Assuming you cycle is done, YUP.

 

[bigarn]

You're good to go ... a nitrate reading of 20 isn't bad at all.

 

[jthomas0385]

Will that amount of nitrates cause an algae bloom? I had a really bad hair algae problem in my old tank so I'm paranoid it will happen again.

 

[cam78]

its some form of algae. I had it to on the rear glass of my tank. I scraped it off.

 

[maryg]

The picture is a little too close up. Can we get a tank shot with the daylight lights on?