Diatom Explosion from switching to RC?

[lat0403]

Here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1151100

 

[vickreyreef]

THANK YOU!

 

[reef 'n ale]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10237447#post10237447 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquarius77
My salt is RC and i get scum in the 29g tank i mix it in every time i make water. I use ro/di water of 0 tds to mix with. My tanks also seem to grow some alge after water changes with RC? I just made my gf some water for her tank in an empty RC bucket and it left brown on the bottom of the white bucket. I still have the bucket if anyone wants pics of this. I myself have been wondering about the alge/RC connection, and what this scum is in my mixing containters.

Is there anyone else out there having these issues that has not spoke up? Something tells me there is...

I have all of this too! ^^^

Also, if it makes a difference to anyone... I ran my tank for the first year with IO. No problems.

Second year was all RC. Nothing but problems.

I'm switching back to IO.

Rob

 

[vickreyreef]

yeah that is my frustration...our LFS used IO as well and when we switched to RC lately it started happening...but I really want to get through it and just keep trying to use RC because of all the great stuff I read about it....