What I do is put up with it until it drives me insane, which doesn't take much btw,
and then I grab a hose and siphon it out. And each time I've had to do this, it
didn't come back. I don't know if I just timed it right, or if it was near the end of
the cycle or if I just got every bit of it.... but I feel like all of this stuff is
just par for the course.

This is not an observational hobby, it is truly interactive. Although I have to say
this, I spend a lot more time online talking about reefs than enjoying my own!

Marc


Marco Qualizza wrote:

In article , says...
Keep cleaning your glass and siphon off what you can with airline tubing. In
about 2 weeks, the bloom is over. It looks like two different things to me... a
diatom bloom and a small section of cyano bacteria.

This is common in a newer tank, and while ugly, it isn't a permanent problem.

Marc, do you need to keep on siphoning this, or can you let it sit and
it'll disappear on its own?

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