diatoms in cycle

[pottsburg]

They came like crazy, stopped, and for the most part went away except for the dead spots of the tank, should I throw in a cleanup crew, and what's best for this?

 

[hmello@bermexin]

More info needed. What are your water parameters with readings not just okay please. How long has the tank been up? How big? LR how much?

 

[drummereef]

I would only add a cleanup crew after the cycle is totally done. 0's across the board.

 

[pottsburg]

Okay. It's a 46 bowfront with a coralife HOB skimmer (for up to 65gallons) on it and I just put in 25lbs of live rock that has some coraline on it and another 20lbs of base rock. It's got a 600gph "powerhead" keeping the flow up until I use it for my refugium I'm building, so there is still good flow. I guess I'm going to buy a test kit this weekend, is there anything WRONG about the petsmart Saltwater Master test kits??

 

[hmello@bermexin]

Don't know never used one. People on the site really talk highly of Salifert. Pretty expensive from what I have seen. I am using the Instant Ocean Ocean Master Kit. Seems okay. I have my readings verified by the LFS once in a while.