Algea ? Good or bad ?

[Patches&Penny]

Hello, so my 13.5 evo has been running for a little over 2 weeks now and I have progressively seen what appears to me as algea taking over.

I have no cleanup crew at all, I have 2 clowns in the tank and that is all. Theres 2 reason i dont have a cleanup crew yet #1 being the local fish store is having a difficult time ordering anything in right now and #2 because I don't know what would be most appropriate for my tank plans

Although it's an eyesore if it serves a very good purpose I'll leave it be, otherwise I'd like to get rid of it.

I dont particularly mind the look of the green on the rock with the purple but if this is going to cause a future problem with me having corals I'd like to get rid of it .

My future plans for my tank is zoanthids and anemones

Again thankyou for the help

 

[Flippers4pups]

Your experiencing a normal step in a new tank. It's common to have nuisance algaes at this stage.

 

[Patches&Penny]

So does the problem work itself out as time goes on ?

 

[Jonify]

With a tank this new, algae is normal. If you stay on top of your water changes, feed sparingly, and giving it several weeks/months to hit its groove, it will go away. If you're a heavy feeder or don't keep up with your water changes, you can start a carbon dosing regimen like NOPOX which will reduce nitrates over time and starve out the algae--but you've got to be militant about dosing this every day. It's usually easier in the long run just to do weekly water changes and feed less

 

[Flippers4pups]

So does the problem work itself out as time goes on ?

It can as the tank matures biologically. You can help it by adding some CUC such as snails.