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Zapins · 07-01-2009, 06:54 PM

Diatoms aren't algae, they can move around and eat debris in the tank, they also don't like higher light and tend to show up in new or tanks that are in need of a water change. Diatoms usually go away on their own within a few weeks, but you can do water changes often, raise the lights or buy otto cats, they are about the only fish I know of that actually eat this stuff. But rely more heavily on water changes and time to solve it rather then the fish.

07-01-2009, 06:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
Zapins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: CT, Connecticut Posts: 2,561 iTrader Ratings: 49 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 97720	Re: removal of algae of plants w/o killing plants Diatoms aren't algae, they can move around and eat debris in the tank, they also don't like higher light and tend to show up in new or tanks that are in need of a water change. Diatoms usually go away on their own within a few weeks, but you can do water changes often, raise the lights or buy otto cats, they are about the only fish I know of that actually eat this stuff. But rely more heavily on water changes and time to solve it rather then the fish.