ALGEA ! Is this bad !

[Emma_fish]

I have noticed a brownish orange spot of algea on the glass and a bit on the rocks in my marine tank that I believe to be diatoms it is the first algae I have had in my tank as it is new but do I just leave it or should I clean it off ?

 

[lapin]

Normal.

Brown Algae Identification | New Tank

Seen many threads on brown algae but wanted to include a few photos of my own to ensure that this is a normal outbreak for a new tank? All of my readings are fine and right in line with what they should be. The fish are happy to see me and are eating great. Tank has been up and running since...

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[rkpetersen]

With a new tank like that, you'll most likely go through a variable phase of the 'uglies', where various forms of nuisance algae, diatoms, cyanobacteria, and/or dinoflagellates become dominant. There are various ways to manage that. Right now, that's not much at all. It's a good idea to have a scraper for the glass anyway, if you don't already. I personally prefer the Flipper.

 

[Emma_fish]

With a new tank like that, you'll most likely go through a variable phase of the 'uglies', where various forms of nuisance algae, diatoms, cyanobacteria, and/or dinoflagellates become dominant. There are various ways to manage that. Right now, that's not much at all. It's a good idea to have a scraper for the glass anyway, if you don't already. I personally prefer the Flipper.

Thanks I have touched on that with my research but you be honest I thought it would come sooner as my tank is 3 months old now
I have an algae scraper in my freshwater tank but it doesn’t work to well on the algae I have in there so I will give it a good clean and try it in my saltwater tank