Ok so its been almost a week that the sand has been sitting in rodi water. I just tested for phoshates and it came out as 0-.25 but id guess about .05 by the color (api kit).
What I did notice which was strange was, I used a syringe to withdraw the water and then I squirt the leftover back into the cintainer. It created a bunch of micro bubbles that rose to the surface of the water and have been sitting there for about 20 minutes already. Looks like the water has thickened in order to hold bubbles.
I also went back to aquagiant today and noticed they have 2 different types of sand in there aquariums. Some had the same sand as mine and looked just like my tank atm. The other tanks had fine sand and that was covered in cyano.
My rock from my old tank doesnt have any brown diatoms on it and my new marko rock has a little bit.
I do understand that its normal for a tank to go through a diatom bloom but this isnt just a diatom bloom if I fought it in my old tank for over a year.
Any ideas?
Ill try to get a pic of my sand
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