ecophilia
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Hi guys,
My tank has been up since Feb 1st, and has gone through its cycle normally. I only use RODI, but in the beginning I confess to having used distilled water. I have zero nitrates, but last week I had what I thought was a second diatom bloom (a dusting of brown on my sandbed). My phosphate has consistently been 0.25 ppm, so three days ago I put a bag of Seachem Phosban in there - it seems to be working. The dusting of brown on my sandbed is gone.
The last few days I have been noticing some transparent strings around the tank, maybe 3 strings total in my 13.5g fluval, and I thought they were snail goo. My cerith snails have been laying eggs around, on the glass and on the rock.
Yesterday I noticed what looks like little brown hairs on the rocks, some with bubbles hanging onto them. They aren't long, maybe 1mm, and they aren't in a mat - they're just all over the place. I can't blow them off the rocks with my turkey baster & they don't look like snot. Like the noob that I am, I'm in a half panic thinking that I have dinos. This morning when I woke up, I also noticed that the glass and the wall of my tank are covered with copepods.
Please take a look at my photos and tell me what you think?
(I have also attached a photo that shows some purple epoxy with some brown spots on it that I am curious about , any suggestions on what that could be?
My tank has been up since Feb 1st, and has gone through its cycle normally. I only use RODI, but in the beginning I confess to having used distilled water. I have zero nitrates, but last week I had what I thought was a second diatom bloom (a dusting of brown on my sandbed). My phosphate has consistently been 0.25 ppm, so three days ago I put a bag of Seachem Phosban in there - it seems to be working. The dusting of brown on my sandbed is gone.
The last few days I have been noticing some transparent strings around the tank, maybe 3 strings total in my 13.5g fluval, and I thought they were snail goo. My cerith snails have been laying eggs around, on the glass and on the rock.
Yesterday I noticed what looks like little brown hairs on the rocks, some with bubbles hanging onto them. They aren't long, maybe 1mm, and they aren't in a mat - they're just all over the place. I can't blow them off the rocks with my turkey baster & they don't look like snot. Like the noob that I am, I'm in a half panic thinking that I have dinos. This morning when I woke up, I also noticed that the glass and the wall of my tank are covered with copepods.
Please take a look at my photos and tell me what you think?
(I have also attached a photo that shows some purple epoxy with some brown spots on it that I am curious about , any suggestions on what that could be?
