Sand looking yellow in an area

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  1. rachet2240

    rachet2240 Astrea Snail

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    sand looking yellow in an area are these diatoms?
     
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  2. cdmorrison01

    cdmorrison01 Astrea Snail

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    Hard to tell with out pics. It could be diatoms, or it could be detritus settling due to lack of flow.
     
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  3. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Is your tank a newly set up? Odds are if you have just set it up, you are experience a diatom bloom, most new tanks go through this as there is an abundance of silicate in the tank.

    If you can post some pictures ,that will definatley help to identify
     
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  4. rachet2240

    rachet2240 Astrea Snail

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    rachet2240 Astrea Snail

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  6. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    Just a tiny bit of algae. Little more flow will clean that up in less than 5 minutes!
     
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