Water seem kinda funky??????

05xrunner

05xrunner

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Well i dont get this..past like 2-3days my water seems to have a hazy look to it and looks kinda like it has a brown tint to it.
Its been through its cycle and tank has been fine with good water
I just checked it and the water is
PH 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate about 5-10 hard to tell on color chart
Tank has been up for 2 months..I only have 2 clowns, damsel and lawnmower blenny in a 75gal..Have about 70lb of rock. Is this just one of those diatom blooms. It seems like I have to use my magnet alot cleaning off a very light layer of brown stuff on my glass..I am going to cut my lights down some and cut back on feeding as well.
 
frankthetank

frankthetank

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2 months... I'd say it is a normal stage with the brown algae (diatoms). Do you have a protein skimmer? What is your flow gph?
 
05xrunner

05xrunner

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yes i have a Skimmer..I have around 1200gph
Nothing in the tank seems to be acting funny..the fish are acting totally normal and the corals I have are open and seem perfectly fine as well.
 
wax32

wax32

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Yup diatoms, your water probably isn't really discolored it's just diatoms on the glass.. you'd be surprised how fast they can cover clean glass.
 
05xrunner

05xrunner

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yea I seem to wipe it off then 20min later a thin film again..it seem to make a big difference if I made a few passes on the glass..Ok I wont worry about it being anything bad then.
Thanks
 
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