fishchick

I have noticed some brown spots on the side of my tank , its on the sides of my 55 hexagon tank ! one on one side and like three on another side what could this be and how could i get rid of it ?

Shawnie

sounds like diatoms....just wipe them off..how long has the tank been running?

fishchick

just a couple of months i think ! already had some molly die on me because they were sick , i think the tank at fish place was infested ! still have two from that bunch that are alive ! then got some tetras !

Shawnie

yep diatoms can stay around for up to a year....

fishchick

forgot to say that lucky died , was one of the fish infested with parasites or something in the water at LFS! Have had three mollies die because of something ! not good , saved them! still have two in tank !

Shawnie

probably from the tank not being cycled as all your other posts that we have tried to help you on

ABCDemily

Yup, agree with Shawnie. Diatoms are easy to remove, I often have them in my little six gallon tank

eaglescout316

I had a horrible outbreak of diatoms, they covered one side of the aquarium and all the decorations. Bought a BN pleco and in a day she'd scrubbed the whole thing top to bottom. Unfortunately, that means she compacted it all into pleco poo, took me forever to vacuum it all out.