Has Something Gone Wrong?

[jaylam]

Left for work this morning and the tank looked brilliant, come home and there is all this muck in there.
Whats happened?

 

[nick87]

They are diatoms, perfectly normal in new tanks, they should clear up on there own.

 

[seffieuk]

They are diatoms, perfectly normal in new tanks, they should clear up on there own.

sounds like that was a bit of shocker for you, but as Nick says perfectly normal - the cuc will take care of them for you

Seffie x

 

[jaylam]

They are diatoms, perfectly normal in new tanks, they should clear up on there own.

sounds like that was a bit of shocker for you, but as Nick says perfectly normal - the cuc will take care of them for you

Seffie x

Phew, yeah it was a bit of a shock. Obviously as its not cycled yet I dont have any cuc, is this going to keep getting worse until I get some?

Also how many and what cuc do you recommend for my tank, its the Juwel Vision 260.

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Probably will get worse before it gets better. diatoms tend to burn themselves out after a couple of weeks so dont worry too much about it.

For CUC I would recommend a mix of snails (cerith, turbos and nerites). Avoid hermits if you are planning on a reef tank or keeping snails at all.

As too how many start off with only a few of each. People very often go overboard with CUC which results in half of it dying off because there is not enough food. I would start with a couple of cerith snails after the cycle has finished and then get a couple of each of the others afterwards and slowly build it up.