well here goes 90gal 15 gal sump 2 1300gph powerheads 1 500gph powerhead 70-80lbs of rock overflow box with a 690gph return pump, asm mini-g skimmer, currently running a brs dual media reactor (gfo/carbon).4 bulb t5 light 2 10k and 2 antic
well I guess it started 6 weeks or so ago this brown algae or diatoms not sure this tank has been running since October of last year before this brown stuff I was feeling good about the tank and my direction and for the last few weeks am kinda down I really don't want to put anything new in the tank till it clears up. I have 2 damals 2 cardinal one yellow tang and a clownfish now I had 3 emeal crabs maybe 10 hermit crabs 6 big turbo snails 10 small snails and a couple of those snails that go in the sand bed that was about 3 weeks ago now 2 emeal crabls died and maybe 6 hermit crabs died now. I added that reactor 3 weeks ago. sorry its long winded my question is what is that brown stuff and how can I be proactive and get rid of it because 6 weeks im done with it looks like bad
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well I guess it started 6 weeks or so ago this brown algae or diatoms not sure this tank has been running since October of last year before this brown stuff I was feeling good about the tank and my direction and for the last few weeks am kinda down I really don't want to put anything new in the tank till it clears up. I have 2 damals 2 cardinal one yellow tang and a clownfish now I had 3 emeal crabs maybe 10 hermit crabs 6 big turbo snails 10 small snails and a couple of those snails that go in the sand bed that was about 3 weeks ago now 2 emeal crabls died and maybe 6 hermit crabs died now. I added that reactor 3 weeks ago. sorry its long winded my question is what is that brown stuff and how can I be proactive and get rid of it because 6 weeks im done with it looks like bad




