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  1. 03-05-2006, 03:34 PM #1
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    Default What is happening?!?!

    Ok this is what my ref sand bed looked like 2 hours ago
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    This is what it looks like now
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    There is what appears to be a brown "substance" starting to cover my sand. Is this normal? What is happening?
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  3. 03-05-2006, 03:53 PM #2
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    As stated per our IM conversation, Perfectly normal diatoms for a new tank. It'll go away with a little time.
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  4. 03-05-2006, 04:20 PM #3
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    I agree with Reefneck. Its a diatom bloom and its part of the process.
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  5. 03-05-2006, 05:53 PM #4
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    Default diatoms

    It took 2-3 weeks for mine to go away
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