Diatoms

Conch wave ! Making light work of the diatoms , currently in the ugly phase. Any other recommendations for CUC to add or leave as they are ? Been in a week and a lot of algae build up on the rock work. I have a tuxedo urchin and 3 turbo snails also, but don’t want to overstock (80 litres)

Can I just come out here and appreciate the work that goes into tanks

I’ve been hobbying for 2 years now, the hobby is incredibly time consuming, I have to hold my hands up to applause the people who have hugely successful tanks, any tips to get mine looking good, I have algae and aiptasia in mine, it’s 35l

The pic of the tank is 2 months ago, algea on the rocks has gone a small bit, brown dust on the sand has gone too

Been dealing with unbalanced nutrients and trying to keep nitrates up . I thought I was just dealing with a dirty tank but idk if this is diatoms if you guys can help me out

Trying to id this stuff growing over my rock

Its balck / brown in color blows off easily with a feeding tub and sucks up easily during water changes

Can clean it off the rocks today and 2 days later its back ai and local reef pages ( in new zealand ) havent been much help any ideas

I'm getting a thin green film/algae layer over the sand bed, particularly toward the back and sides.

Looking for advice! Bought a used IM 120 gallon AIO tank from LFS. When we got tank, the inside glass was a bit foggy. LFS said fog would go away with water. We added water and things seemed ok until we turned lights on. Fog is definitely still there. This pic seems like where previous owner had his nori clip. Tried scraping it a bit. Nothing seemed to change.

Wondering if anyone knows how to clean it. Tank is newly cycled and I added fish from a smaller tank. Could move the fish back to smaller tank if I need to empty the 120. It would suck, but it will only get harder given more time.

So anyone have tricks to help? Either with water or without? Thanks yall!

Update- Firefish went in first, Bengaii and Pink Wrasse 2 weeks later due to stocking availability. All doing well so far. Update on Week 11-12 coming soon as that was my first panic disaster week!

Week 7-10 was more learning. First time drip acclimating a fish! Understanding consumption, local LFS mixed feedback and getting rid of diatoms. Hermits are not friends- one is enough. More than one is a bad idea! Shrimp are not to be feared if you acclimate properly and when you add pods make sure skimmers and wavemakers are off! 10 weeks in, 1 fish and a few corals. Definitely learning a lot!

1.5 weeks into cycling and we have diatoms!

Week 3 and 4! Diatoms everywhere! Massive KH drop forcing a mid cycle water change. Understanding KH and the role of KH/PH in cycling was a massive learning curve for me! Hopefully nitrites continue to drop to 0! Ammonia at 0! Should be cycled in a week or so!

Going on a little over a month and just got out of the uglies. Had a bunch of diatoms and maybe the smallest amount of cyano. Used my other two set ups to jump start this system and it seemed to work. Nutrients have been stable along with all other parameters and I have to say this tank loves to eat magnesium lol. All the lps seem to be loving this system for sure… thanks for looking and happy reefing my friends.