Algae ID Please!!

[silveradobobby]

I think its daitoms? This has started up pretty good I can vacuum it up and within an hour its back! Heres the my stats.

Sal 1.026
PH 8.12
Alk 11dkh due to me raising the ph
Mag 1400
Calc 450
Nitia 0
Nitri 0
Phos 0
Amm 0
Silc Low
Temp 79.1

RODI used as top off all new TDS 0-1 Silc 0
MH Bulb is new
Skimmer working wet
Phosban used
Carbon used
Water changes every week
Topic Marlin Pro Salt used
Tank running 2 months
Everything in tank is heathly
Have not added anything to tank
MH 14k 150w ran 12 hours a day

3 Days lights out works but next week its back!

Any help would be appicated! Hope I have all your questions answered.

 

[Drew]

This is a pretty typical "new tank syndrome" problem. What kind of sand did you use to set up the tank? If it wasn't the live stuff, then this is even more common.

 

[silveradobobby]

The live suger sized stuff and used all LR from my 75g display tank! I guess its an algae that will just go away on its own?

 

[Drew]

Diatoms, will come and go, but often it just takes the tank maturing a little more. They make diatom filters, but it's really not worth the money, unless you just can't get it to go away.