Ugly stage?

[Pjy95]

I’ve seen a lot of people online talking about going through an ugly stage. Is this algae stuff on glass all apart of it or is this something else ? Kind of hard to get a good pic I clean the glass and generally right back a few days later

 

[DylanCameron]

Looks like normal diatom algae or something similar. Glass cleaning is a task that never goes away unfortunately.

 

[Pjy95]

Looks like normal diatom algae or something similar. Glass cleaning is a task that never goes away unfortunately.

I’m glad you said diatom algae everything I saw on YouTube was leading me to that but figured it wouldn’t hurt to post it so I could confirm. Is it true just kinda let it run its course and eventually goes away?. I figured as much on the glass cleaning was just nervous with his fast it accumulates didn’t wanna chance it being something worse

 

[DylanCameron]

Is the algae brown or green? If it's brown it's diatoms and will eventually give way to green algae as silica is depleted in new tanks. FWIW, that's not a ton of algae, and scratches will make it more prominent. I actually prefer diatoms to the algae that usually comes later, as it's easier to remove with scrapers and more nutritious for snails/urchins (they use it for their radula, or teeth). I've actually experimented with dosing silica in my aquariums, following RHF's directions, but decided to stop until I bought an accurate test kit. You can read more about silica here: https://reefs.com/magazine/silica-in-reef-aquariums/

 

[Pjy95]

Is the algae brown or green? If it's brown it's diatoms and will eventually give way to green algae as silica is depleted in new tanks. FWIW, that's not a ton of algae, and scratches will make it more prominent. I actually prefer diatoms to the algae that usually comes later, as it's easier to remove with scrapers and more nutritious for snails/urchins (they use it for their radula, or teeth). I've actually experimented with dosing silica in my aquariums, following RHF's directions, but decided to stop until I bought an accurate test kit. You can read more about silica here: https://reefs.com/magazine/silica-in-reef-aquariums/

It’s brown. honestly it’s not even really bothering me I just was more concerned that maybe it was something worse that I needed to take care of it before it got worse. And yeah the tank has quite a few scratches which bothers me more than anything. I’m def going to give that a read thank you !

 

[EarlZyrtek]

I just got through a very intense diatom stage. I think for me copepods really helped. I can actually see them on the glass eating the remaining spots. heres a vid

 

[Pjy95]

I just got through a very intense diatom stage. I think for me copepods really helped. I can actually see them on the glass eating the remaining spots. heres a vid

Thank you for the tip! I may grab some of those as well and try it out can’t hurt lol